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MAY, 1986
VOLVM£ THREE. NUMBER FIVE
Exploits in Operator Hell
by The AIhsJlmi ITireak (TAP)
"■[Soo ] 3cec Doo — You have dialed a number which cannot
be reached from your calling area," responded the voice- of ;m
obviously congested operator residing somewhere in the
WATS §00 network.
In despair.. TAP plunged the receiver down twice . The result
wjis the terminal ion of the toll-free call; the output, of the
second plunge was a ■riyshi l elfci r conned ion with. Kopy Ka |,
"liam, and E wunted to LaLk to someone at the Cecil Cola 800
numhe rconccrning this small furry object 1 discovered moving
in ihe bottom ofa Cokccoutainer^ctiuekltd one Siobbicsf into
the mouthpiece .
Sit was probably a by-product of the new formula,"
responded the second teen .
'"Right, 71 sarcastically voiced TAP. 71 Use your three-way
calling lo reach Pixel."
"No pioh. Please hold.”
As always, K.. Kat was greeted with u pulsating dull tone
Upon completion of the pulses, he proceeded to enter the
telephone number in the fomuil of NN'XACXXX
''Anchorage Psychiatric Institute. Can E help you- 1 ” boomed
the voice of 1 he familiar Professor Pixel.
"(live it up. Any clue how we can reach an WOO number which
cannot be accessed from Alaska? T realise we could use a Blue
Box and route our call through an inward in Seattle, but LelY
mukc it more of a challenge,” questioned 1 AP.
'Try calling up our E.ong Distance Operator at 21 1. They
always appreciate calls ibis laic at bight. Being able to handle
boredom must be a prerequisite for the telco staff. Maybe we
could have her MF a path to an inward for us. 1 '
Again the pu (sitting was heard a nd 1 he d igits completed.
"Thank you for dinting ASascnm. This, is Mike speaking.""
"Yes. Hello I am having problems reaching au number.
The recording claims it is not available from my tailing area . Is
them any way you can help mcV"slatcd K . Krtt in simple terms.
"No si.r, Have you tried reaching the &00 directory
a a 'stance?"
"No..."
“Well, let me connect you then. Thank you for using
Alascom.”
"Rul..."
"AT&T. Nancy speaking. What is you: area code" 1 "'
(CLICK)"! hate operators. Please hold while 1 connect to the
21 1 operator again," announced K. Kat. After explaining the
situation again to the prostit..jcrr operator, the response was as
foLlows: Using that typical rude voice lhat only a telephone
company employee can have, she replied wit hi "£ am sorry. We
cannot help you."
"Hmm. Could you possibly connect me wiLh an inward
operator in Beattie, and have licr connect me with the WATS
liner
"Thru is not company policy sir.”
After a brief silence, some snickers were beard. Abruptly the
noises ceased after a quick and enforcing "ShhV'was emitted
from K. Kat.
''Can I speak with your su|>emsnr then please, 11 casually
demanded our friend.
"One moment please ...”
Seconds passed into minutes. After what seemed like hour;,
the tlscme song to '1 IjOvc !.ticy’ ended and the voice of a
feminine male voice was heard.
"Alustscoamm. What can 1 do for youuu V"
“Oh great. A pay supervisor," thought K. KaL before he
spoke. "Yes. Hello. Wc are trying to reach an KDO number not
accessible lo Alaska. 1 called the SOO directory assistance
operator, and she stated she did not have the equipment to help
me . She suggested that T call my 1 cing Distance D|tc rator at 2 1 1
and kindly ask one of your operator* to oonnect me to au
inward ip Seattle, From there she could connect me with my
WATS number. Can you help me?"
"‘[he SOD operator suggested Unis'? That is noL bow things
work up here. If the line is not available to Alaska, it is just that.
We can.1 do it
"So your operators CiUnuol speak to inward operators in
other cities?” barked K. Kat, voice increasing in volume.
"No. Oar operators can, hut ir is against our tariff to use
Inward Operators or Kate and Kotite for customer use.”
"Listen here, Tiberachil” broke in Professor Pixel,
attempting to restrain his hostilities . "Why is it then that the
opera tors always feel free to call Kate and Route on ray behalf
when 1 request the time differential between Anchorage, Alaska
ant! Perth, Australia? T:> tbi-> a matter of customer service?”
FAR eoufdnk help but let a smile fall from his face. "This
Alascom guy iscraty tfhc doesnY hang up. Hell, 1 wouldn't take
nil this abuse GOD, wha L if Sic enjoy* it?"
"K i r, it L-s against our policy to do this for you. It hns nothing
to do with Customer service,"
As it turned out. the three friends ended up hanging up on the
supervisor.
"Just one more time before wc depart tonight,” Pixel said.
“One more what?" asked TAP nod KaL simultaneously.
"Just listen."
A click was heard, and a tew seconds later the phone was
emitting a ringing noise.
"Alascom. Can I hcl p you?” came across a familiar voice
"Yes. E need Lhe time difference belwceil Anchorage and
Perth, Australia.”
"One moment please.”
As time passed , a second OJHC rator became present . "Rate and
Route 94" were the words spoken.
11 1 need the time difference between Anchorage and Pe 1 1 1 1
Australia. Western Territory, 1 ' mumbled the Alascom agent.
“Allnght. Plus seventeen hours, "answered RatC&nd RouLc
"Thank you. Sir, they a re seventeen hours ahead of us."
"[ appreciate it, operator. Keep thOie MF lone* rollin' "
The a how story it bated on a rea! fife incident. bote; A iasCOrr;
j'j. (he name of A kttka !f i2rgv.fr iVv.Ng distance carrier.
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the compute / scoop
While our investigation iftlb Compiael is Jar from uver, we
do have sonic bits and pieces which may prove interesting to
those of you who may have been taken advantage of tyy [hem.
To recap, 261)0 has receive*! numerous complaints about
Compute i r a ■'h.acker 11 magazine that takes Out big
advertisements in nationwide magazines and bits a remarkable
record of not delivering. For some reason, they've heen doing
Ibis for yeans withou l getting in trouble. And no One reems 4o
know where they all n! their money.
Heie’s what we know so tar: in the seventies, a magazine was
published: out o f Cali id mi a which catered 1o phone phrea Vs. ll
was oiled TEL (TelephOiHi Eleolronics Line), Some; people
have told us m.neh of the mnter.al was ripped off from TA F.
..Fudging front the copies we've received, it was more of a
professional operation. The magazine professed upwards of
7,5fKI subscribers nationwide. T his we seriously doubt, since
nothin hai many people seem to remember it. It was run out of
Jhe Los Angeles area (Woodland Hills, to be exact). TEL
fra lured plum- for various phone toys that you could purchase
and had articles that dealt wilh telephone networks, techniques,
and devices - On March 25. L^Tft, the magazine was shut down
hy the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company via a court
order.
A person named Jack K ran yak was the Executive Publishing
Director John Reynolds was a ei reuVutOu numager. OlbcTS
who were mentioned weff Donald Sirmnrcncs, Kill Hojituib,
Robert Klein, David Rees, Melanie Howard, and Monti
Rieman . ' Ihe magazi nc was ''published month ly by Telel rouics
Company uf America.’' J heir office* wen; at 22035 Burbank
BM, Woodland Hills, CA 913(4,
Now, for stailers, the funruit of TEL in many ways JooVk
exactly I ike the i ncroduCIGry pamphlet that Compel sends
opt . Th is, and the fad Shat C o mpuiot is flirt by two names, .1 obn
Reynolds and .lack Kranyak, leads us to believe that there is a
very definite connection.
The address that Compvhd gives in their ads is: Com pul cl
Publishing Suciety, 6354 Van Nuyn Blyd. h 0 1-6 [ -A (or Suite
R'J). Van Nuys, CA 9 14(1 1 -2(596. Another address is Compntel
Publishing Society. Post Office Drawer 7765, Van Nuys, CA
I his frhloric doCittrienS wUV kindly writ r/t 6.1' ewe oj Oitt
t L'lTdi'r'.c It rhrjM'.v the. vxt'renw ntc^ntm Hint 7uUrV.it'.'
■ran inky, tf that you destroy putt iimtt.t of
UJiygdli/rjOS fikr liiOb. TAP, urtuf. jVi Shi a ettSr» J hi . mid
i l'it-v sent fo ail the readers t>/T RL
Norm
OiSr Telephone User:
9 [409-7765. Tliis box Wfii mken Out by Compute! Hubliahi ng.
29323 Hi ree H allow Glen. Agou r, C A 9 3 30 L . 'ITrei r hnl k penm ii
was issued 10 Stiirbuist industries, PO Rox 77)9, Vim Nuvh,
CA. This box was taVcn out by Sturburst Industries, 29323
Ibree Hollow Glen, AgCmra,C A 9139 1 . It was opened 5ft 1 98 I
by Jack Kranyak. Box 7765 was opeiwd taler.
E- 1 ho tic numbeis re hi led to Compute! are: HCKF6CO-MPUT
(tlwir nationwide toll-free number since lurried off): SOU-
SCO-M PUT (their California toll-free number — since turned
ofl); 2i Xl\1 PT ’TF.T (their Skyline toll-free number, access 95Q-
108H, then dial the number — machine during Ihe day, John
Reynolds (“Hello, am l help yoii?T at night); 838-7854HX]
(Listed as Computet Publishing Society, Van N uys, answc red by
John Reynolds); SI 8-994-5671 (the number “Jack Kramnik”
left when he opened his PO box, answered by John Reynolds)
There is also a Jonathan Reynolds and an Ed Kranyak in Van
Nuys. However, we’re not certain that they Ye related at this
point, so we wool publish Ihe numbers.
Their brink account number is 322!t-S4ft a I (he Bank of A.
Levy in Van Nuys. Lins account is mo by Jack Kranyak under
four different company names, including Caw putt) I and
Scarbmsi Industries, Neither of these names is registe red as a
corporation in California. This bfirtkactou.nl, from what we
could ti nd OUl, is in no way La rge enough to buy fu 1 1 page ads in
Fcnnih CompuSine .
Finally, Mr, Kranyak has been described by Ills neighbors us
“uiulierihana bed bug.”
So Lhis is the data we have. WcYf SOrry wedon't have answers
yet, but with a little luck well gel to that point. We would like to
viy though.. Iliac if this is an L BE sting, tlicy’re mukiiig no
attempt whatsoever to close up shop, This Could be much
bigger than we bad originally supposed, cither in tenns of mail
Irtiiid or some kind of sting — we sus|>cei they don't identify
themselves when they uu.wvor ihe phone because they'ie not
involved in jus! one operation.
In short, we feci Cainpmel is ciiber run by a group of aging
hippies who don't know what they Ye doing or it’s being run by
some mysterious entity who knows precisely whal they're
doing. We hope eventually to get the answers
We welcome your comments.
On March 2E-, 16/G, [he SvflflriQr Court of Cjlifcrni.i, Uiuniy or L«- AriuHes, ciilcwd an Iryunctlon in tover of The Pani'k
lrtephure and TcMnranh ConoAny hm(J (fyninuL Tcict.'anics Csmp »iy i)1 Amafica, jriJ nih^rj. Ycjr nurni ji*i|>;ariKr on j list ( pr-rt v i rJ oel
under Court order? nl sutler, hurs, oi IZutuntiul Tubseribori, 1o mnsrl^l erdVlaualy flub fsbed and itlitrlpytad tW TdlfltrdFlici CnmrAinv
OF Aireriea, Acoardlngly.for ycur pnjuacnon and bcnoNt, you a-u hnrrtby rjkfln flw Solliywing not do:
IT 13 A VIOLATION OF STATt AND FEDERAL LAW TO USE ANY INSTRUMENT, UbVICE UR
SCHEME TO OBTAIN ANY Tfl>FH£JN£ SERVICE WITHOUT PAYMENT O T THE LAWFUL oha^GES
THEREFOR, IT 15 ALSO A CRIME I TJ PROVIDE INFORMATION TO ANY PERSON WHICH ISUSEFU' Trin
SUCH El,'HI'£JSE, IN MANY STATES.. THE POSSESSION OF OR DISSEMINATION OF PLAZA DH |N£T rajC-
TIOMS FDR SUCH DEVICES IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE
VIOLATIONS 0£ THESE LAWS ARE VIGOROUSLY INVESTIGATED AND PROSECUTED ACCORD-
INftL.Y. YOU ARE URGED ri.1 DESTROY ANY ANfi ALL YrglTTEN MATERIAL OR DEVICE YOU MAY
HAVE WHICH MAY VIOLATE ANY OF THESE LAWS.
0-m jn ■ y < ' l- 3 ’ & 05 ANGE LE^ S B E 1 WG 5 L m 70 VOg KV ° H OF TH E SURE Si Oft CQU RT 0 F CALI FO RN I A.
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Tht Pacilic Talr-phtrifl and Tt'csraiM Gampaiy
Bellcore .Publications Go Public
N*uart S-jr-: x.Ikt
EJcIL ComitlUllica ti UCIS Research (Bellcore) is making
Available to the general public two publications on the
Eclctonunufticatiors industry which previously hfd been sent
only to Rc'iLcorc and the regiona I Bell operat ing companies.
One ptiblicaliOJ) — Intercom Yd — is a weekly digest of news
items about the telscommiilitcations business Visaed froth up
to 90 publications utidjt)urrials t a? WCl.1 aa press releases, and the:
other — Tel Cal is a monthly compendium of industry
con forencrc, Rntli are published at 13d Icoie 's headqua tiers in
Livingston, NJ,
US and France Link Phones
I Fii* 1 1 :r-r Lrpivri and MiujxrKiA.
AT&T and France Telecom unveiled two new services
recently: USA DirecL and France Direct.
AT&T’s l.JSA Direct sen,' ice- enables traveler? in France to
d ini a special munher from any French phone and be connected
directly wilh AT&T operators back in the United Stales.
Conversely, with Francs Direct, visitors in the United Stales
need only dial a toll-1 ree AT&T 800 Service number to he
linked directly with French operators. (Readers: we want that
toll-free number,]
Computer Grammar
'UAs'jiTi
Programs rhst can cheek spelling and even offer synonyms
tor a gLven word are already in wide use. Traditionalists should
brace themselves: grammar and Style checkers have arrived.
The first Mic'a program. Writer’s Workbench . was i liven ted at
Bell Laboratories in I9H'2, initially to improve the writing of
Bell engi neers . The propram performs an «i haus.1 ivc analysis oS
a writer's work from grammar and punctuation error, to
Organisation , weak phrasing, vague word iog h cvcn sexist usage.
It e vahui n;s readability and suggests improvements: “Check
paragraph three for development," or "Your document might
benefit from a greater variety in sentence length."
AT&T sells a version of this program for high schools and
colleges for PI ^flfl which runs on a minicomputer, but similar
scaled-down software are appearing for PC's for under! 1 00.
M Oat do a L ItSisl one aspect nf Sight ed i ling warning the w ritcr
about everything from repetitive words and passive voice to
“ethnic or folksy" ph rases . Many Fortune 500 core pan ics me
evaluating sot It programs for their staffs, and at OiSC computer
magarir-c , the copy editor was give a style program 1o review,
with a cheery note: “Here’s yOur replacement.”
At present, style-checking program? simply offer
suggestions, which I he writer can reject, But one style program.
Right Writer, also offers a thumbnail critique of each
document: when fed samples of Hemingway and JaniCS Joyce,
the software concluded that Hemingway^ prose requited a
sixth-grade education for Comprehension, while Joyce’s
required graduate training, Neither author overused jargon,
hut Hemingway used too much passive voice, and Joyce !Oo
many multiple clauses. Both exhibited excessive sentence
JengLh, and Mb earned the overall styk rating, “weak,"
( But the questions thal remain are: who will make the
decisions that arc put into the software , and how strictly will we
he held to its 'decisions' in lire- future.]
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Shower Phone?
SVuWhL paly Sfax
A new appliance has been invented that will help those who
have been plagued with the problem of being interrupted in the
shower while on the phone. Youll no longer have to leave a trail;
of water through the house us you rash 10 fund out who lias, such
bird ! ittiiug. You wi I 1 he able tn answe r the phone whi le sli 1 1
showering fhiinks to I he new water resistant ShoweRING
telephone.
The appliance has a flashing light aswcSlasa ringer 10 lot you
know thal there is a call Designed for hands-free
conversations, the phone is lone/ pulse switelialik. A special
feature of the touch-sensitive phone makes it especially
valuable to the elderly and the disabled: two emergency key
pads 1 ha< can he programmed to d ia I poliee and a friend when
help is needed (helpful in a "Psycho” setting].
Cellular Modem
A modem thal is specifically designed to work with cellular
telephone systems may he the answer for Use rs who want to use
their computers 1o communicate from a car.
lhc portable modem, from Sped rum Cellular Corporation,
is calted Bridge, and costs $700, currently only runs 3G0 baud,
and works wit h existing Ctfl lular telephones. Dlc company will
offer a I '200 baud version for the so me price in 0*: near Nil u re .
Statida rd modems don’t work well WLLh eellu lar lech nology
because the phUikCS can lose connections briefly, causing a
normal modem to d is Co one Cl. Bridge provides error-check ing
capabilities to he used if the oonnoCtioti is biu.l ,
High Tech Parking Meters
Tly -M+Sr Y.-ri: l'rw
Logan Ai rport in Boston is combining high technology with
its pa rking facil ities. ' I bcy’re trying out a COrtlpurerbed park ing
meter thal counts coins ckctronically and gives a dighal
readout of the time remaining. The meter can he programmed
to cha rgc d ifferent ratexat differeid hours of lhc day, or to Lim it
pa rking to sdin-H stays in peak periods and Longer slsysar other
times.
It gives an elect rank reading of how many of each cnin it
takes in, reducing the chance fnr fraud. When the time runs Out.
Slid John K. Duvul, manager of airpori parking facilities, if
keeps track of how many minutes the motorist is oveid ut , “so
that the officer can make fi judgement, and ifthj guy's Only two
or rh ree minutes over, give him a break , lh
These mcEcraalso increase the likelihood of a parking ticket
by flashing a light to attract attention when time has expired. It
also flashes if it is broken,
Congressional Computer
ITx Hiv Yort TirKh
Congress, having survived tra nsition from the quil I pc n 10 1 hi
typewriter not too long ago with ils record 1 'ot efficiency-
unimpaired, is finally edging into rise computer age. As with
any such radical change, the arrival of the new equipment iv
those venturesome offices tlsat have requested it is raising
qiKstious as well as answering rlscm,
One of live sew; ml House computer systems, for CKam pic. hits
a built-in feature designed 10 correct misspelling. The difficulty
is tiia L it lifl S a vncahula ry of on ly I 0.1)00 word s, and among the
words that it will not correct are ‘'Washington.’' “politician,"
''reporter,'’ "slogan," and "radioact ivc, |L
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letters, communications, correspondence
Dr nr 2MW:
i find you r magazine very interesting, both for the computer
and the phone articles. How about some more articles on
non-U .5. p] 10 ire Systems and tricks?
MM
Dublin, treking
Dear MM:
We must have (omc rentiers out there who urc familiar with
foreign phone systems. We if really love to l tear from them,
livery hit of information is important. Such as she following. ...
Dear 26W:
1 thought ypu might be interested in Russian phone boobs, no
here is sumo information cm them.
Die Mo scow phone book is an uifoniUlLioii science curiosity,
li is both ludicrous and profound. You can’t Look up any people
in it; not a single proper name is listed in I he hQO-page volume
even jlwugh .its official title is "List of Subscribers to the
Moscow City Telephone Network However, you ea n find the
nearest drugstore to you fa r faster than you CH ft by using uu r
Yellow Pages. The secret is that Ihe structure ii both
organisations] and .geographical. The entire hook is a
hierarchical cnitLine of the entire government (which in. Russia
is all there is) mm in iseem of U S. Government telephone
books, (You, kih pickup the Pentagon directory fora few (nicks
at any government printing office bookstore: itY well worth it
for the insight it a [fords into the structure of DnD .j
The first number Ln tire book is for the Presidium of the
Su premc Soviet : rise second ii for I he Council of M imsteis, and
so foith down lhc government Ladder to the hist entry, which is
for City Laundromat No. 32, at 26 Yaxnii Pmspoki (1 kid you
noil. 1 he KGB is the 15th entry; its phone number is £2 1 Q? 62.
A parenthetical note lelli us (Suit the number answers, 24 hours a
day. You can immediately tell the importance of an
organbation by whal page Ll is listed on.
The geographic information is diverse Police Si a Lions are
numbered by precinct and listed in numerical order, food
sto res a re listed by Street and by house number. Very little of
anything in Moscow has a name; the numbering is carried to
CM i remes by U .S. slanda rd s — there a re 2 ,020 kinderga dens in
Moreow and they a re all listed in the pJiOrW buok in numencal
order. A section ai tlie end of Lhc book contains several do?en
regulations governing telephone use; 1 lie firsl oftlrese is 1 hat no
call may laal longer than two minutes.
Trivia: The number of the lhc department is- 01 . police 02,
fit U aid 0.3, and Mosgi'm {(be gas “company”) 04. " l ime’ 1 is
known as lhc “talking Cluck 1 ' and its number is 1(10. Foreign
embassies are not listed. The hook is- a marvel and is a benT
SelLer. (JLs ha rd-bound and is not free ) You cart really wonder
what they d id before 197$, Ihe year in which the phone lionk
was fjrsl publicised !
MS
Dwr MS:
7 hanks for a moss imereti mg truer, "this f.v exactly She kind
of thin-f, l n , L:"W' after. Readers, please send us similar hiss of
information ami if anyone has a copy o f the Mosea w phone
bnok. sand that in top! By site wi try, i . n light of she nuclear
disaster aver there, wtoSn-m hying to figure < mi how to get
through to the Soviet Union directly, i.e. without operator
tiSsUfanee I delays, Can is still he dorttf Docs anyone have any
irott Curtain tricks?
TVflr 26(10, •
To all of you who have a Plus Box. there are several
interesting j jon-standard numbers. To call these, cal! a long
distance number and trunk the (lie litre al tire appropriate
moment. Ibeti do K.P, routing code, ST, Hun; are the codes
that T know of:
0 ! 1 (kc international fee stands for cnuni ry code}
Ml— trunk access system {exists in 3 [2)
1 0 1 inter-Loll switching I imemcn
121 — Inward operator
1 3.1 s-pscli.il directory assistance
|4] — rate & route operator {same for all NPA's just use
KD0-14 1-121 2)
191 — international operalor in some a:eo codes (907 for
example)
DD9 — rate quote system {send additional tones after dial tone}
1 lb 1 1 (21 2 NPA) cal ling card verification compute r
] [5L I — (212 NPA) conference operator
There are two ways to route international calls,
K F-4J 1 l-Klco+ST where cc is lhc country code. This will route
you to the appropriate international sender for that country. If
Ihut doesn't work, yon may have to route yourself through LA
first by sending the following; Kl 3 i-2I3+01 I tQec'ST. You cun
also route yourself manually to a sender by ft Fi-2 [ 3+ HOOK] .
For example, KR 1 21 3* 1 8 VS '( routes you to the sendc r i n New
York. NY. lhc sender codes are as follows:
182- White Plains, NY
l S3 — New York, NY
184 Pillsburgh, PA
183 — Orlando, FL
186— Oakland, CA
187 — Denver, CO
I S8 Hew York , NY (ogam}
Once you have reached a n in tenia tinna I sunder. you will get a
480 H 7 . d ial rone Wai( for it to slabiliar ( i.e. for the trunk w ink)
and dial KP i-ct4 a* number!- ST, where re is tls; country code
and a is the oily code. For example. KP-K>8 1 +3-8 1 32542+ST
will gcL you a recording iti Japan.
Finally, there is a Standard routingoode (KR+NRA-t 105^-S'l')
for the vcrificalidh l^unks. f donY know how to use it, but Pm
fairly sure lhal it wou ld give you access to the test relay in rhe
central office. I Yc talked to inter-toll switching before and they
ray it requires a 52 A sender In joperfl Iot il. But ) think it cou Id be
used with just tire IJJue Box torres. If you have any additional
infuimutinn, pltsise send it in.
The Drwtijr
Dear Readers;
h may he a food idea to took at some of our Stack imir.v In
order us be tier understand ■■ i tTf blue hoxiny A alt about.
Dear 2hffk
M isDoLlaneous fact which you probably already know
anyway: in area code <i 1 7, dialing L -2fKl-xxx-x xx x will tell yon
Llie number of the telephone from wh ich you Ve dia Led
.1 in Bnsttni
Dear 2608:
Is Cheshire Calfllysl si ill pknning. to release the 7 A P back
issues iri book form?
Y>F
Dear \\V:
loss we heard, yes. hut when is anybody If fucss. We should
be funning an artiek fairly soon on the demise ufT AP, v.tH tea
by none other than Cheshire.
D*ir 26Bfl,-
1 lore is a miseclla neous upaiatc. The ON A number for a tea
code 44>? has been changed to 7 3 3-52 1 -5988 . Also, (1st i e it. a
useful arlicle in the April issue of Byte on making Unix
(continued on f>t>r;e 2f-40)
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25S— ####
512-221-####
471-####
513-225-####
785-####
313-257-####
787“####
602-533-####
879-####
617-061-####
473—####
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63B-####
619-235-####
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95B—####
DESCRIPTION
FORT MONMOUTH, NJ
NAVY ELECTROMAGNET I C SPECTRUM CENTER,
WASHINGTON, D-C.
FCRT BELVOIR, VA
MILITARY DISTRICT DF WASHINGTON, D- Cj
NAVAL RESEARCH LAB, WASHINGTON, D.C,
REDSTONE ARSENAL, AL
BREMERTON NAVAL CENTER, WA
NEW YORK CITY FEDERAL BUILDING, NY
LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE STATION, CA
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE (NSAJ , MD
ANDREWS AFB, MD
PETERSON AFB, CO
PATRICK AFB, FL
GRIFFISS AFB, NY
FORT RICHARDSON, AK
OFFUTT AFB, NB
OAKLAND NAVAL SUPPLY CENTER, CA
PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO, CA
HOLLOMAN AFB, Ntt
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NM
FORT SAM HOUSTON, TX
WRIGHT -PATTERSON AFB, OH
WRIGHT-PATTERSDN AFB, OH
FORT HUACHUCA, AZ
HANS COM AFB, MA
SCOTT AFB, IL
GAN DIEGO NAVAL STATION, CA
2600
(ESSN 0740-5851')
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WE'VE DUG UP SOME ALTERNATE WAYS TO PHREAK QN ALTERNATE LONG DISTANCE.
BOXING ON ITT
1) Fi nd a dial-up f pr ITT or One of its re -sell ere (compenies that
re— sell the long distance service to their Own Customers).
2> Call it Up and enter a dummy code and number (the cod0 must be
val id).
3) Apply 26D0 Hz to the lino for about 8 seconds to reset it.
4) You should hear a dial tone when you release the tone. Now you can
use touch tones to dial any normal AT&T number,, including 700 T S„
aoo's, 900' s and international.
What thi® does is -fool the local switching equipment into giving ydu a
trunk which you then ret*et. 8 seconds are required to make sure the
equipment has had time to process the cal i .
BOXING ON SPRINT
1) Access 950~Q777 (oqutal access Sprint dial~up>.
2) Enter a dummy WATS oodfc (basically a Sprint tolJ-freP number! which