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a guide to VMS
by Ley. Lathor nnd The Lefinn of IThiHiiu.'UukeH
. he VAX ls rnjoc hy DLCvlJiRiU'. L'.^c.prrcnt t'orpi nnd Lin tun a vAficiyol
operating suit cm 5. In this article, ] will calk about Ibe VMS; fVinnal Mtnroiy
ojKratinp Sy-slem).
When ynu first wudfCl with a VAX you type cMlLCr h icLum, a ctrl-c, nr a
Clrl-y, Jt will Ihcn icipund wilb surm. lh.ihK similar rue
LOD RECURSIVE SYSTEMS INC. VMS V4.0
LI untune:
FMWrfOrft
Tb: mosL rwieLin w.iy of gaining jcmm, 10 a computer system & uy dung a
'default 'Vnum ■ cuvsworc., Inlh .sexampleyon nay try L.flL'Jasllw nsci iiuiue vmJ
RECURSIVE ns che password ora comtstitdion of wptfJo lit Ihe uptnnik banner
(iflhsrie is nrej which may allow ynu access, orherwiso year w.l| hAW 1.0 ir. the
llGFAI.il T M£YHOL>af «iic>. The writon listed above (Vd.O) ^ Lbc litcsi
versimi In inv kupwMteof V W5, The rciOrcwLdely trsed vcnicei llu.1 1 hive seen.
O V3.7.
W/hm DEC belli a VAX.'YMS, che system cocoes equ.ppetf wish 4 neeotfl'b
which are:
DEFAULT — Tbis sop-vs as a hcnplatc Ln creating a sc ncc cads in Ihe EJAF (C.'sei'
AjlbacbraLiun File). A nrwusei record is assigned Ihe values af she Db GAULT
TBCord euoejrl Where che eysreru psar-ager cMnjjfa ilvo* volncv. The DEFAULT
cord on n he muddied Nil GW not be dele led fYoin elm DAT.
VSi'l KM — Provide* a iiWdiib tor lbc syslaii iroiriiger Id, Log in with fall
privilege* the SYSTEM retortl Unn be modified be.1 cannot be deleted frnrr.lh!
UAK.
hi t!LL> — Tenrijls DIGITAL lirld sep'ke ye.rsur.Tel to check cal a n:w ay;.sftrii,
The FIELD totord -rani H deled cd dnee the system :« installed.
S-TS-TEST — Frrwides nn npproptinie environmenr fey fiinriink the User
Knv iron merit Te*| Fu-iia^e (Ut'ETj. Tbc SYa-TK-jT m.Tund tau be deleted once
Ihe system as installed.
Useally (he 3YS-TEM MAh ACpRK neliju, (Slete*. Aiid cvi (Kl ■ d i o*- iliftC rtvonhs
which nee in che ilAF wliti'i pye jyjieffl *fliftW. IhiO climinuLatK Ihe default
]d;wwtw$5, NH Chie -4 (Wl IbJG in all Ciats.
The 'default' pfts* words iTrStl ] have f'Uxrx! to wort arc:
L,aefiiMrrt¥i Password;
SYSTEM MANAGER or OPERATOR
bTELD SERT'ICE lie TEST
DEFAULT USERdtlYEKAELT
SYSTEM UEiVneSYSiKST
(Itfien lypitdt] VMS aetorjnli am:
VAX VAX VMh VSfJN
DCL DCI. tSKMO l>K«0
TGvT TEST HELP HELP
NEWS GV1ST m'ESJT
gamis games decnet decnet
Or n couihinai top oJ the various usernames ami ^uveruciiv. if pom of cnesa
per yon. ip. ihcrl you sIiduIiI :neve up to Ibc next system unless you have a way id
pen F iImi i esi'tms swords, like Tcom trashing, stealing pajaweedodireei ty, or by
seme olber means.
You will krj-jw L.'iil you nre in hy i ec*,v.ng ihrproiil.pl Ol AdOlNr sipu “i’. Yuti
will be popped into the ckSkult dicR:lory whieh is dependunl on whal account
y NO a to legged ilia*. If you km in asthe system managrr.you have fudlnecess. If
yOojjct irsonlbc field or sysleas acco lines yanmiy nr n aynoi have tail ucevss bill
yutt will have che privileges cw give yourself full apeovi. 10 give- pcivilfijjes 1o
you eve If: S SIT PROCESS ; Pt? I VS=AJ.-L
Ooce you have litll priys, you (=*-■! aiXO:-; arfdiiMWfy And i nv Tc'c, and also
■in che AllTFIOftlEE program whkfc »itS be explained.
The VMS system hi* full Iklf liksavnilable by typing tEELT. Yuucan use the
wibteird fharaecer (if iw lisl out info on every eurrmaud: S ITEL.P ¥ .
Wliri you lint lu£un, it may be ca sour .idv.iiicave to get a lisc'uf nil hiKCs
C urcrnlly logged onto the system, if there pre *ny At all, You CSMi du Ibis by: S
SEIQO.' USEKS. Then you ohowM get jOmelhmijj like thi-.
VAA/VMb InSrrui-His v U*«n -TolkL
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UUMOttdA
nttkihnui.
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LI '4. higll’.y lotiommendoil chuL if yoj are logged on ir . ilw Jhj. arsJ lucre arc
people logged. in.especLilly Hue uysiem m*p»ger (a lhc acvuuo! >-.vj ar: tuejjed on
as, Ingocii and rail huJe NKt I have L'uucrd that nu matter what sssteiv, yon *,k-
Or’., lhc I;vh| wny to nemtm undsccctcd is cn call when an oar- si op the ij.vtco.
You tfO no! imrnL to call loo lale since che system kee|SiA ryoord of when cath ictscr
lug* in and uur.
To eommur.eate with OLher users nroihsr- tracker sciiatyouarconshcsyscent
with, use Ihe PflflNRS iflilily ? PHONKS Uw-riiaiuje. IT Lhc system has l>KC-
nes. yoj car. seewkAt AvnilpbSf nbdOvIhenSaiv b>t S bl [OWE NETYYT3H K . Is yigj
have mail ihe-systei'n will t£|| y^u so oiler luitKing in. simphe type: i MAll, Ibn-
wid Invoke Ihe Personal Mai! Utility; ynu can use he'.p f-oim ifrcre.
Then: are a lee of onmminds and rPPtyy Arc hot too us: In I fee the hacker
anyway), so I will rrol jy.i into delaii;. Our 1h'.n.K lNnct VMS, there io plany ol
on-lins hrt lp asailablr whiLh will emhle yno Pi lenrn ihy o^rutinji sysltm ruirlv
well.
Dipertoriw
To.see wtias vcyu linvc lit y<3ur diitCLOi y type: S DIR TitgsLa list ik d inemijr^i
on the jysicm rope; J 171 It L*. 11 ]
Wheti n VAX; VMS ss first icelulltd. it ounces with nine rLirecinties whLCh wn;
nor tiered when you vstxni tribe DIR T*.*] command . [SYS1 .Ift] — vai I.v.m inaero
a oil C-br;^ Fbrarjcs; [S-VSM3G] syeceni message filen-.fSys UL.ih;,| — fikv ustd
m riianuKintt Ihe operas in; system, [fiVSHl .R] — lCki f'lfe- and help libraries- for
the HIl .P utility ; [yiYSKK K J — dittOtory forthe mor logfilc I'ERR I .OG.S VS)|
[SVSTKffTJ — Jilo# ustd m IcsLinp the fanccirms of llta nperpLing vystetn;
[SYSMAINT! system diagunstic pre-grAms; [SVSUPDj — Liles used in
appJ>ing system npdntts; [XYSUH> KS.Yyil*LLS]— stunpde dr.vnr prpgrarra,
user-wrheen sysrens sei-vi«s, And fiber maiiot proy; rants; [SYSIXE]— the
execncahle images of aichs (f iIk; fund lioiu of Ibe operating vysceni.
Irisite these -.In wtOI res- Aer Tiltcs -wu.il thr fuLowing filrTy^es:
Flk*n,-pe
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tommieml:
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Ti'PE file-name
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fsytrlnn Help file
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Data file
TYPE nir-iiuiiin
.msj
fxleo^ge til*.
TYPE filt-unmu
.doc
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TYTE lile-itione
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Logfilr
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Err ae rresg -tile
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Ekteotnble file
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RL"!N fite-uinne
2-57
I Tnxo Arc olhren bul you wunl setlbem as much as ctr-eapovs-. Yoocancrutige
diTectorici- either by ukine: S f.RA MOT [I >IR YA M | or S SIT DEIA'I It I
JDER.NaM].
Ymi-can aew list oucl cx-ceutc the like- in Ihradicectary withrnn first (ypi'tK Lhc
directory OAiTie foilovsd by Lhe file name as. long.fls_w.iii rose soft KiCiiLacpcss. If
yOu donl ltssL sufficient access yeucnii sdiUvipw l-.tv*-ii.liiiLd imetecccs chal yem
oannol defauk lo bv !i lYFy (LOD.DIK |LOD.MA[;Vi This will lin'ily
coctcrds of the file I jf II ),M Al .1 ui Ihf diKCLOfy or [LDD.DLRJ
The use cf wikleA c(Vi iv very helplul when tou desine Lo vi:w all the mail or
ramrlhin.K on n rjuicm Th> tna uul all Ihe usen- mail if yon have access typo: 5
TV Elf* ,'1 T . id AC;’ 1 , Aa yOu uusy colitic mail files have Lneekcetuioii oi M Al at-
she etys, lilt ;1 or ;2 rtr. ace used sit member files w,1h che samp itaiA'.
f 'ibiy b (hr first efs: i -jratoutK .«r,i7.s ,-:,.a rJje PMS Ajvtailf)/; ryi.'-tyr Its:-;u-,v
i L'ij'it' .'in /Ij'i'j ire rma?.s r r-.-Li I rv ,Vj i-.ti I .- .y-T.y-., I 1 r i.,j 1 1- 1 1 Y,-.-.- 1 iL 1 j-lv a 1 1 l i-- hi;
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The Infinity Transmitter— An Old Bug That Had Its Time
hy Howard
There ls always, a great hu;,h when the term infinity
transmitter is mentioned, ns if it were some Strutting secret
ricvLcc , but il Can be simply explained, The infinity transmitter
Or harmonica hug is a Lfcviee installed within a tarn's phone.
This device allows s person to call the phone and listen in on
him while he is quite unaware. This devise has a few problems,
the biggest of which is that chc target's phonemust he connected
to cither a Crossbar or Step by Stop switch. The other
draw haul; is that the bi^g must he installed in the target’s phone.
Jhis means one must enter the house, place the bug in the
phone, and rewsrc it as required. TbLs hug could aLso he
detected if the target were to attempt to use his phone white you
were monitoring his activities. Since you are on his phone line
liwlening lo him, he mighl think it strange that bus phone was
being used, especially if he has any tech nical background . E .ct’s
See how to use the hug Once it is installed.
Once installed all the observer has to do is call the target's
phone number. After 1 he observer d iats the Siiat digit, he sends a
speciile tone down the photic line which causes the bug to
answer the phone before it rings. The frequency of the tone is
user selectable and set during the construction process. Tbe
exact frequency of Ihe tone is quite Unimportant.
Tins type of bug can he used from anywhere there is ci phone.
Ihe potential dsla nee Ls infinite hence the name “infinity
transmil tor." finding the audio- visit with the target is just as
easy as starting it, A d ifferenl frequency [One is sent down the
line telling Use bug Lo hang up, Overall, a very simple concept.
The reason this hug works on Step by Step and Crossbar
switches Ls because in ihese systems ihe audio and ring
generator are connected to the phone cilkd before it £
answered. So it is possible for the bug lo answer the phone
before the ring capacitor is fully clinrgej by the ring generator.
ESS and DIMS swindles do not connect Ihe audio tn the Called
phone line unlil after the phone is answered, malting the infinity
transmitter useless. In the care when; Ihe user does not apply
the pick-up tone immediately, ihe phone would ring, 1 hen L mp
suddenly, Therefore some skill is required (0 avoid tipping me
target off to the tael that he is being wale hud.
Construction of this device should be relatively easy for
someone with a little experience in rise laconics world. The
bag would lie iiohued from the phone hy using lwc, j-jiijl-
po lari red capae i L ors o f L uf or baler. It would mainly cons 1st of
rwo frequency detectors. One would connect the audio from the
mouth piece to the phone Line and answer Ihe phone when ihe
pick-up tone isdelecLed. The otlter would disconnect Ihe aud io
from Ihe mouth piece from she phone line and hang up the
phone when Ihe hang-up tone appears.
Reaching Out On Y our Own
hy Forest Ranger
Verification is a very touchy subject, The telephone company
wants to keep verification scerer from anyone lscyond telco
employees. Rut as phone phreaks should know that is quite
impossible, There arc two types of operators that do
verifications, “0 “ {'J iiPS ) for local verifications and ID
(INWARD} operators for verifications beyond your NPA.
Jhey use their operator eonsok, but other people use blue
boxes.
K PiNpAHH XX+NP Ar XXX^-X XXXiST
[he tli st NPA (area code} is yours and the ftwi|] get vou on
yentr TSt’& operator- lines, The next XX part Ls an area
identifier, They are 00 , 1 L, 22, 33, 44, 56, 66, 77, SB, W. There
are ten possible choices depending on which area you are in.
For example, blue box verification for Michigan would be
EL P;3 1340f MtN PA^XXX-rXXXX :ST. I he second NPA is Ihe
NPA of the number you are going to verify. The XXX+XXXX
pail is the iesi of the number you are goi r.g to verify.
Once you have i oaled your verifies Lion you will receive a rerics
of dicks (landaus stacking), i.hen you will hear a beep and vcm
will he on the line. You wont understand what anvone is saying
because everything will be scrambled. The verification will bast'
about rblirLy seconds. Tlain you will he hoeped out and finally
disconnected.
Federal laws regarding Line listening have become much
stronger— ■ especially after 1974 when a subcommittee of the
House of Representatives held a public hearing called
“Tekphone M onitoring Practices by Federal Agencies". At this
hearing it was discovered that R C 1| hud Listened in to hues of
their employees and had the power to Listen in on anyone. IhLs
shacked jfu.uiy people and made federal laws concerning such
activity much stronger. My point is don’t abuse this
vcri.flcai.ion, because alt you need is a simple descrambler from
Radm Shack to dereramble ihe conversation Ou Lhe line.
PURSUIT FOR PEOPLE
On August 7, GTE leknec announced a new service which, if
handled properly, will usher in a whole new phase of computer
communications.
The service is tailed PC’ Pursuit and it enables people to
connect their computers to other computers far £25 a month
(plus a start-up fee of 5-26}, In other words, a hobbyist in New
York tan connect bis computer to a bulletin board in California
and not liave to pay far a long distance tall. The "computer
conversation’' goes through GTE Telenet., a packet-switching
network for computers, previously used exclusively by large
corporations.
“To access the service, "Clift press release expjuins, “a user
calls hivPC Pursuit ACirevs number and is prompted to enter his
2-SS
home phone number and make a request lor a destination
phone number in a distant city. Tf the itter's telephone number is
not uuthanred, 1 he phone coll is terminated and a record of (he
call Ls generated . If the number is aulbonred, the subscriber is
called hack and automatically connected Lo the desired
telephone number in the distant city, which, could be a speci fic
database or remote PC user. GTE Tefcnct is able to maintain
Ml accounting of the origin and destination of al l colls. Each
user session can last a full hour, and users may access the service
as many tunes a month as they wish .’'
PC Pursuit represents the first time a major corporation lias
attempted to win oyerComputcr haekere CfrLher than intimidate
them. J. David Haon, president of GTE Telenet., says, 'AVc
(lominued <>n page 2 - 64 }
hone-in Registration For College
\r*i M-rtfifi
A S"7 .&X> computer sy^rc-m that allows iiudetvls to sign up
tor courses and alter c he j r schedules using, touch-rone
telephones wifi be tested by 3(iO Union County College (New
JOTSCyl students 1 hLi- fall and up to 7 ,000 KtudeihtS Are expected
to be using the procedure by nest spring,
~ When the student dials in. each cnui'sc will have a five-digit
eode number," John Fa* .jI, [tie college's dean of computer
services said . ’Tile studto I will be prompted by a recorded voids
to ■ h is ident ifical ion , so students will have access w3ren they jj te
Admitted, a password that only iic will 3; now [ !], and then he will
be ted by the vn iee prompt through Che procedure, “
, The system, purchased from Information Associates of
Rochester and similar to those now being used by Airlines for
H ight reservations , will i nform students if thru chosen courses
a to fu I] And whether similai entes Are available. It will also have
the potential to provide many ulher services for students in the
future, such as hd ping, determ inc the status of their finuncuil
aid ret|ij&1s or the status of their admission application,
Trouble With 800 “Word Numbers”
iv# hv* Y«kT«r.
When Hindalene Rosner saw ,L ] -800-LIV E-A! f>- flash On
her television vercen in I he early hoc cs of the worldwide benefit
conocn, slit had a feeling Lhat thinjp would get busy,
It should he explained that Mrs. R os act is vice president of
Jbel.ife Aid Corporation. And her company's nationwide toll-
llrtKr telephone number is I 'ScXFU H>A ID.
’’Every two second.!," Mrs. Rosner said, calls were com ing
into hciidq renders in Scottsdale, Arizona, from viewers who
were moved hy die 1 ivc Aid Concert 1 o pledge money for ihc
starving and homelfeS people of Africa.
Callers Id 1 Jfc Aid iur told very politely 1 hat u i h is is a lota Lly
dillerem bhusutess" And are given the correct listing in digits
( 1-800^48-3243). not letters.
a Vienna, Va... man and transferred part of what was stoned
there to bis own computer. The vie-1 im , Allen K napp, 40,. who
runs the Washington Networks BESS our of his home, said his
clients pay a ELO ice for a password and the opportunity to
exchange data with others.
K napp told The Wathingion Pott thai on Jan. 5 the youth
managed to bypass “my normal security sitfe guards,” translcr
Jilts in his Own Computer, and erase fi substantial portion of
Knapp’s files. ,L SSe then called my answering machine, suiting
wl*A L be had done and malt big certain demands in CHChiiuge for
Ihe return of tltc files in his possession," Km pp said. According
to Knapp, the youth wanted the access to obtain files that be
would then exchange w it h bis friends. K napp said he called the
Virginia State FoLsce and the Chessitpeakc & Potomac
Telephone Co. after hearing the message.
Pitcairn Island Now On AT&T Net
W Veil Diib Snra
After nearly 200 years of peace and solitude, the residents of
Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific are about to enter the 20th
Cenlury.
A I /k 1 Communications luc., in its relent Less quest to wire
die world, says it has decided to provide international long-
distance service to this Lwu -square-mile inland where 53
descendants of Fletcher Christian and the other mutineers of
the 1 3 MS fiouniy still live.
The AT&T service will allow ilw islanders to receive and
make calls anywhere indie world, instead of just ringing osyr Lo
Tahiti. But they'll have to learnto talk fast. A thrcc-minute call
to or .from the U.S. wilt cost El 03 and S3.3& for each
additional minute.
Culling from the U.S will be tough. Since all the residents
must me !be island's one telephone, they have already divvied
up the time for making and receiving calls from each country.
1 hey wtl I he acccpLi ng calls from the l.F, f>, at 2 pm. 8: 30 pm, and
1:15 am.
War Game Addict
S l_'X J frt'ii
A if* year-old computer eoi'iiisia.'i wl-.u said he was addicted
to a space war game A nd Used sloltm credit card numbers to
charge playing time wus placed on probation and ordered to
make restitution after pleading guilty to wire fraud, A federal
oflieial said,
The man, Kenneth Goldin, was placed On Ibree years of
|i i obation and fined J500 by Fedc i *1 .1 udge Macyanne Trum p
Burry,
Hacker Extortionist Caught
.‘liW SVfct.l/fi.K' H ■'ik’d c- j rr
Pbtneas Phrcak, Is; called himself as he roamed through
computer bulletin boar ds,. Gul he was caught hy tcleo security
men, prosecuted under a 1084 Virginia law designed to zap
computer trespassing and sentenced to pay 8.300 restitution
within six months.
The I 4-yua r-okl Phincas became one of i he Llrsl persons to be
cult with under the new law A fter he pleaded "not innocent"
plea frequently used in juvenile proceedings 1 o a void giving
someone a criminal record. The Montgomery County, Md.,
youLh broke into a computer bulletin board service operated by
Private Sector Update
WVISrviiri.nv
E ASC UiOnl h. we told VOti uboonhe raids in New jersey which
involved our official BBS, The Private Sector, as well as the
flurry of headline grabbing that ensued. The sysop of The
Private Scctm is confident that lie will huve bis equipment
returned and charges Against ham dropped, Ills lawyer, Arthur
Miller, who wax obtained for the sysop through the American
Civil 3 .ibeuies Union, has not been Abie to make much progress
On the case. Court proceedings have been postponed at the
request of tbc prosecution. To date, the sysop still docs nol
know |he evidence against him. nor of Any specific crimes he
may be charged with, Tt is expected that the prosecution may try
to hold up the equipment and any final notions in Ibis case until
the local elec units Are uwjr.
Since the raids, 2600 Lias heard of several cases where RR&
users have gotten phone calB from federal Agents. WcbavcatSS
heard of a few other bulletin hoards that have been taken down.
Ei you know of any such cases. please contact OUJ' office at
5167512 WQ.
In addition, since the BBS is not currently Available, we have
made arrangements for uploading of lengthy articles at out
Office number. 'ETscy can si ill be sent by US Mail.
2 -Stf
Dear 2MW\
In response tn ihe individual i.ULuriring about a hack |uick
truLTOwavc system (J u]y ). it ii my undereta nd in g LhLii il in
primarily a military field comnuinicutiom device with
collapsible satell ite antenna and not. its you correctly assumed,
a consumer atem .
rhiini you for a much iieeded, educational alternative to
blindly accepting the status-quo propaganda machine.
I>J.
Dear
T:i your May ituw, you were talking about silver boxing a nd
mis-named ilhj AU fOVON precedences. Here are the correct
names in order from highest Co lowest; I lash Override. Flash,
immediate, Priority. Koutiac (all calls are routine if
precedence h non is pushed L Cr if precedence buttons uie not
installed on t phone).
„ s _ SEVOX
Dear D J. and SEVOX:
We always appnviaic resf onto from renders who h are sonar
expertise to offer. Pice re do not h essitate ro correct us.
Own 26fft b
For the reading lis.1; Understanding i eiephom Lleciranks,
developed and published by 1 exos [nslrumeuts I. criming
t voter, available through rise Radio SJlilck chain, CiUaloguc
number 2BB pages, $5.49 Tha. book is a technical
ttilonal on the basic, of leSepbonc solemn. You heed a lair
amount of electronics knowledge to understand ihe stuff in
licrc.. bin nothing yon could n'i get from I ho other
"Understanding so and so” bocks Lhat Radio Shack sdk
In-pics include Ihe innards of both standard and electronic
I e I eph n nev, speech, dialing, anti ringing circuits. digital
transmission, techniques, networks, modems, ' and more ]n
slioi-;, this is a goldmine ol tcchnicaE information about
telephone communications, and (WmCihtng rather ouL of
character for Radio Shack) is even reasonable priced.
I his is from the Understanding Telephone Electronics book,
.According to Lhis hook. 26(}Q\ opening words ubout how
Alexander Graham Roll answered his phone (fan; B4 issue) may
have hern inaccurate, and I quote:
' J.a rly telephone ei rcuits were poi i it-Lo-pdin t (not switched),
and 1 la- caller gained the attention -of the party aL (he othci end
by pu king up Ll'iir irinsmitic-r and shouting llello’ or YMiuy’.
.us was not very satisfactory, and schemes hatted on a
mechanical signs I i tig arrangement were scon invented , Tb- one
m Common cv. today, called (be 'polarised ringer’, m ball, was
FMtented in IrOS by Thomas A. Wutsou f.Y] r. Bell’s assistant).’ 1
bo it scorns that ” A liny" was not how A.G.F5, answered a is
phone, but more Li k u ly how he induced so men ne else Jo .answer
i he phone T -a i makes more sense, s face "Ahoy” was us.ua |]y
used a! suu tc nttse the at lent icn of someone else nti 1 1 hr reon the
Luomy brine. J magi nc riiose days of ca rly telephone^, where vou
ntiglti wa | k by 1 hat ngw centra pS icn a nd hear a di m voter inside
yrl i og “Ahoy"
v . Talbot
Dear Z600z
A while kick you were asked if f! tiMOBS icailv existed. r
can tell y mi lorsurc that KFmme OfSServarion numbers do, i n
iaci, exist. The hardware is manufactured by different
companies One us whieti is called Jeradyuv, which makes a
system billed 4-tel;
These system* are work mg when aw exchange is set up ici ii.
in the Central Ofiloc, They arc used fortcstingnnd are pcrfrctlv
Jegal.
The equipment was buill so Lhat you enter a cork; ihen a
ii. i Tiber. It will listen to a number tom limited time arid then ir
sequence; to Ibe next number and ihcn Lhe near, But it y
(tikes a few seconds to. modify the equipment, so ii doesn't step
to anorher number.
As far ns 1 knew Lhe going price Is il.MJO to gel a telco
employee 1o do the modi ileal ions. A guy E know was
appr i inched by a photic uompau y employee who won led 1o gel
soiru: money and he offered to sel up tlic system a m l provide a
number a nd ende that cGuki be d ialcd n troni anywhere
DL'nrJfiHR:
lYe been thinking of starting my own bu Metis board. But l\n
not looking fora a re tn ihe po.es ibility that sn:nc jackass wilt
leave a credit card - umber or other nasty Information on my
hciird and tha I some even bigger jackass will sec said mesuge
Ci^Tl dekte it 3iMj LIOL'lLSe rrn,- nJc'OnF.p iri nj_? SO in ciii v [-0
before
deliatid or steal cr build oipLosives or whatever else they
ha ppen to be afra id of wil I ! a ppen ol tha I moment . 'I he rcccm
■aids i n New .Tgrsey i nd icale that even a conreicnl icus svsop {as
i he I el Sow who was nu nuing i he Private Sector c lai ins to be) can
gtl screwed ever by compu leipbobie police and Federal ageitb
What preemptive pTotcciion!; are awiiliibfc ibra bulletin board
operator who plans, on staying within the confines nf tiie law
oils, yet docs not want !o slain her or liis board with warnings
and continually censor the tlow of messages? Freedom of the
press is a marvelous concept, and apparently allows folks like
t-SA I oday 1 1 > cvciv uv-ii Liable- slDKtoornc-i \\iih (Jicif
one-legged sending machines. What wgiuld one kive to do
Keome a “press"' Yon dci^ have tc be made oul ,j j
smee radio bud television reporters qualify. Is lliere a union \
Can join? A professional society? Maybe we Should start one?
Can you recommend any place where liirtiior informal ion on
such would be available?
W.IJ. Friend
Dear W.u.l
low ask many tn/rjgmrig questions, mJ ve belief that ur
rc.Mj.yv' c/tVivrc an mihe issue ni mswering them, in f 'a/ t, we ,ymi
a xrea: dent of the Augusts issue of 2m dimming the ven
things that .row brought up. Matty of your questions could he
answered by allowing yourself tops busied ami letling iVam-n
tfurger and the rest of the Supreme Court deride. This mar be
the easiest way because there are few laws, guidelines, or
precedents. Right nov , mt do not know of any "unions, "bos
idrcrc bond reds of computer user groups Shut are actively
discussing these problems, and we gdso foresee groups forming
to sperifkaliy address the problem Especially since shore
eomputerphoSttn. jw were referring to un- trying so get
legislation passed to limit Mid's in this country. You must
remember that this is a very popular issue, and it w id feme into
play tn various elections this Jail, winding those of ihe
prosecutors' who arc pressing charges against the Private
St'ctor r s sysop.
:-b(t
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