2600: the hacker quarterly (volume 4, number 10, october 1987)

8/9/2019 2600: The Hacker Quarterly (Volume 4, Number 10, October 1987)

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We've gotten cas from New York.Cas from the est Coast.Down South.Up North.We've had cas from Engnd. And

Hond. And even Africa.I sees that quite a few peop frm

a over are interested in running

computer buetn board systems uerthe me ofMagzine. And itooks as this may fy be the monththt we start to pu i together.

hat so ortnt about btinboard network tht ns gobeWe, for one thn wi be n e w

for subscribers a nn-rr to keep touch wth t tet n

meet interesting peoe and mhinesand get qestios answered.

For us the portant thing isenforcement of a very basi reedo freedom of seeh. Our bords wlbeopen to a. sers w hve the right tobe anonymous they choose. Ad privy wlbe reeted.

I's surprisin tht its taen so ongfor these ery bi rmie to beaeted Coutr omiatonshave beome n r ny o usad one o the mot ornt te oour ontitut n reen y.

or o in w orwh thee e or r newOR.

STAFFBOX

Editor and Publishe

Eric Corley 11

Ofice ManagerPeter Kang

Cove Aen Copel

Tish Va Iter K

Writers: John Drake, Paul Estev M. French, Emmel

Gldein, Ceste Hole Lex Lutor Bill from RNOC David

udeman Bernie S., ike Salerno Silent Swichma MkeYa, and e ual anonymou bunh.

Prution: Mik Deoursney.aoonsts: Dan Holder Mike Marshall

Redr: John Kew.Editor Emeritu: TSH

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New orks +

Just wen you tougt you'd d enoug oD-A-Joke nd te poo nes, N Yor

Teepoe s decded to gve you moreoppountes to wste your money Te numrof noton rovders, r IP's, s lmtd on te976/970 systems Ths s ecuse on sever mde swtc rge enoug to nde tpotent cs tt coud mde rom monousods to D-It sece Te smerystems tt work round te ton cnnotnd ts met Insted, Nw Yorers gt dozen or so servces, mtd to 57 sndsec, w t vrety o products n smermrets dwr us y comprson os Angees,for exme, tere re over 500 IP's y notere?

N Yor Teeone sd they coud't ndet Once wen tey dversed te D-A-Sntsevce durng te Muppet Sow, te networws overrun wt cs From ten on, te pocywa cer we cn't use he POTS, or pubctces, or tese seces Now, N Yor

Teeone's dvson cl THE EntertnmntNetwork (or some reson, H'' s ctlzedad undered) s tryng to me up for ost tmeBy te sond qurter o 1988, ty ext tohve te nton's ggest nd mot stte-o-ter swtch pc ddctd to ndlng 76/970 numers, pus to new oes: 540 ad550

The swtc is n AT&T 4SS ad it' ected Wiliamsrg Brooklyn Tt wsded the most convenient octon whre tey hve it nterace te etwor (nd werehere ws eough spce i a entrl ofce) Itsjb s to ke te 976/970/540/550 umersied trougut te AA wtout teustomers vig to use n re code Tt wimen ots of cetr ofce (CO) reprogrmmngad reroutg

Rather tn mke te P's move toillmsurg, they octed he hd-ed ttierfces wth e I 's i te centra ofce tast 56th Strt Tht lcat ws cosnbsed o sevel crter One, te udng s tobe stg on fe It eeds aroud te cocmaitennce crews, oor spce, t mhe demds f the arkeiepar

ae Octor, 1987

(soetng ppers t ewder theengnrn deprtment) Mretg, n tyng tostsy te P's, d to coose pce tt ws se negorood, ws centry loatd, ndd esy ccess to mss trnsit At renttg were te IP's were frst tod tht tecopcked rgon tt proy s te mostexpensve re estte n te word, tey up Te Est 56t Strt CO ougy srvs Est46t Street to Est 4t Strt nd runs rom teEst Rver o 5t Avenue nd ncuds RoosvetIsnd nd te Unted Ntons Teco woud evenke to pck te udngs wtn te rgon ttve te es poeta for a esy wire u Asf te IP's rey cr wt's esy for tensters!

Te 976 oks re now ocated round owerMnttn CO nd migt hve to reocteInty we ne switc s ctivated, wot de te 976 umbers tse Tt won'tp unti out ourt qurter 1988 wenhey retre te current swtc Util ten, l teLATA CO's l rout the cs to teilimsurg CO, ten to Est 56t, ten tower Mant smple u?

y go troug o ths? Money, nd ots oft it dedcted swtc wt cpcy of64,000 nes (don't e none, tht'sprpretry), tey tink y'll ce up The ewsystem s te most outrgeous ys o mkingt moey Is ced IMASItegrted MssAnouncent Syst Te I" ws gong tosd for teracve, ut h woul o haveicluded e pssve rodcst syst wc sjargo for 976/970)

Some of te fetures o e new swtc arerely emrkle It's competey dgtl(toug nog tunks c e md ve tovendors usng oder qument) Con-orgnted,opertor-ssstd, nd cig crds cnnotccess e sys. og dstnce cs hdroty bee proem for te mssnnouncemens Some of M B's starddre do't beliee pssg o e moey credt New York Tel I New Y does't s ec ether des e P Te itch llha e cpcit t eerie aeta b ie bewee te blgs d ll


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eihe pa he 96 call dey accescaly e k Tel ed maa dec ie m che ha bde u LATA pa

he 96 call weve, hei eagle-eyedegal Depame made hem m hee ver TT Lg e

55Le a wih 550 T wl be he Grup

Bidgig Sevce (GBS Accdg iled, GBS i a vend-peaed enernmenelaed elecneencing ece e seicepvide elephone uses, [inally] wn

limied gegaphic aea, e bly call apblcied mbe j an ngng, casul,gp cnveai The elephe cmpnypvide ed Gp Bridgig Sevce lnesad ap ve he ewk The vendhe he eceay eleceencingeipme and mng ncn enure lwing cnvea and, nesay,ilae dcec abive ly calle

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igh nw, his sece s beng ered inaa and lk cne ly ssa,acce GBS lmed o he llwng CO

degnan 239 249 264 285 293 36313914204545315986916926945 5389 and 842 Agn, all goes well,by econd urter 1988s wll be LAA-wdehe IP were made o loce n e re coveredby e Gden Cy CO Dsrc or Nssus GBSlnes, or he Pachgue CO Dsrc r SulksWhen e new wic goes onlne, eyll ve pack up nd mve o mdwn (el sw

Les lk mney rm te csme, 20 cens or e s mnue, nd 10 ce r ec addnal mnue cnneced o e GBS sece. 'On e (prpsed pne ls, e clls wl be [degted n epae pge a hvng n

made a GBS nd wll eer rpea e numer ! he le e sece ( o explan s oe

mo O couse, e IPs wuld peer o bied as s n many ps o e an T he

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PUBIC ACCESS SYSTEMSWest Germany

Atos 026458944 logi: shoxWest Germa

M&T 026245816 logi guestSwtzerad

Cybertak 02846113 user:Cia3 w: guestOTHER NUMBERS AROUND THE WOLD

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o 234 11o 24 2351111o 24 21108o 234 236163o 4 214412o 234 2483106

o 34 20641141o 3 15o 34 130118o 34 715151o 34 473103o 34 351o 34 180610o 34 134o 34 41010o 34 3333o 234 2400o 34 2533142o 234 584024o 34 164310 24 2121o 34 27531177o 34 25414o 234 308o 234 212222o 234 22330 234 2131511

o 24 23212212o 234 248321321

o 3 33o 3 7310o 3 77117o 3 65o 34 170110 3 7071o 4 7o 3 658o 3 33o 3 o 3 5o 234 5314o 34 77o 34 3o 234 341731o 34 688o 234 3112

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KMAccording to the letter before yours,

you'l ave trouble geng pars for at blue box. We do expc o b geingother plans however.

Check the foowing letter for an

answer o your inqury on 718 boardsBoards are vry easy o fn Smp aany board a you now o ( o n'know any as your local comprstore) and eer read mssagsthat frquently ave bulletn boardadvertiseents or loo for a fncionthat lists bullein board numbrs.Eventualy, you' fnd one nearby

Cal waing s a vry annoyng proble for anyone with a comur.The beep of a second cal comng inrequenly nereres wi daa ow As result te pone copaes are"introducing a servc ha shouldhave bn avalable rom h sar andin soe cases was. Tr ar a ewdieren naes for i but basicaly tlows you to trn o call aiting orone call, usualy by dilng *70 or 1170 bfore kng a cal In any areas,this feature alys existed bu snever pulcze Now hat people areexprssing an interest n i you'l hearbout it and also ge carged for tHstory just keeps repeatng itse

It ig be advanagous o drop cawaig altoger and us g anohr

phone line with tripover fro your frstlne. In mos places ere is no carge

for this eaure a la not y. And igives you the freedo of aling on he pone and sending daa a samtime A wo ln pon w dvr mostof e feaurs e ompanycarges mon fs r: a wangthree-way sped dan T argfor a son phon i w s abouequal a of e cargs y ro

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THOS SLL Y CODA reaer from Oregon recenty wrote Some

friens an I were on a conference cal socialegneerng our ocal SCC (Switching ControCner) . We were tryi n to f ind out whrea cao an unknown eange was gong The man at

the SCC asked us wat the si ly coe for theoriinatng office was We, o course engnfused, tod hm we wou check wth oursupervi sor and ca ack What is a s y code'?H ow o I f i nd out what mne s?

ur technica writers dd some nvestigatingand this s what they cme up w th:

I n t s nstance the word that is pronounceds l y s actuay CL (Common anguage

ocatio entf icatio uot ng frm a Becorepulication This code set unquey entifeslocatons rann from earth statons, udng,poles, manhoes, etc Codes can e used toientify eistng or proposed ui s an caa i l o range p anne rs , cu r ren t p anne rs ,equpment eng neers, insta ll ers and man enancepersone their work . oation oes identifyit es, states, and foregn ountres as wl a s

bui d ngs and sp ic nt it es with in bu igs "A C L code is an 1 1 character coe use b

te teepoe companies to identi te locaonan type of a cntra off ie Te 1 1 caraerietiier is roken down as folowso 4lpa characters, state 2 apa aracerb i l i n 2 a l p a n m e r c s , i l b viso : 3 apanumercs

Here are some eamp es of ton RCM D

Rihmon, VA; CHCG-Cicago, I DDal as, T DNR-Denver, CO YCMNYo ( NY City anhaan NY

S t a a r t o s t a n a r o s a labbrevia os , wit he ait ions of PRPertoRo V V r l ans ABAlbera, CanaaB C - B r i t s C o u m i a C a n a d a M B Ma i t o ba , Canaa NBNe B r usw c k ,Canaa N-ewfounan, Canada NT

Norhwesern Terrtores, Canada NS-Novaotia, Canaa; ON-Ontario, Canaa; PErince dwars Isan, Canada; PQQueec,Caaa Kaatchean, Canada YTYko, Canaa

T bu l n g f ie l l l a ays ave an X i i i f etral of f ice i n ueo oes not beong toT&T or a Bel l O erat ompa ( BOC . The

ge 4 Octe.

bu i l i b i v i s i o n o f an en o f f i e rsubscribr sri cetra l off ice uses shor codesike te fo lon, x ei umeri MGM a r G r u s e t o r e p r e s e n eecromecaical sices su as crossbar;

CGx-Cotrol Group, se to represent a 1 , 1 A,2 , 2B, or ESS of ice; DSx-Digita Swtchsed to represent a 5E SS , D MS1 00, or otheriita swtches

Smal inependent hone ompanies oftenmake t h e i r b u i l d i n s ud i v i s i o n oes t h eechange code of ther cetra offce, such as921 , 423 , etc ATT numers s 4ESS o sw tches t h a 2i gt numeric fo owed with a T

( 5T , 3T ) Here are some examples of CL codes:

CHVVAXA9 1 ou b e Ca r l o t t e sv i e ,V i r i n i a , n ee t t e l po ompany ,b i l i n A , c a e 9 2 1 D N C O Z U C G be Dnver, Colorao, Zni Street, ESSmachie CHC257T wou e Chicago, i o is , bu i l ing 2 , 4ESS numer 5 ( Note i nases were te bu i l in su vi so ens in xT ,

e buiin oe may b te umber hat comesafr an error message from tat pariu lar ES S For example, CHCG025Ts error messagemit be Yor al cannot be competed asi al P lease eck the umber and di al agai n31 2 T " Te o sa 2"

I e uue yu ae ay eia ea quesis abu puers,es ayig ese, se e I we geug a abu e ubje, weub e awe e a sr arieOee, ques w appea e eerse Our ae EriaDeare PO Bx Mie Isa, NY

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publshed earli tis ya in 200wi appear in concet on Nov . 1

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get a good ee or hat kin o systesare out there and the ealth oinoration they contin We cantcondone breaking into any o the, bute can say that youre deterinednd skile youl ost likely get intosoething ot ater, in a probabity

We kno o no such device thatcould alert you to your phone beingtraced Perhaps soe governent phones could do tha bt e dontthink its possle at this stage in the gae Besides, ho could it te youthat you ere being trced eore youactually got trace? It oldnt douch goo

The 2600 Marketplace is your bestet or inding eleronic devices Adsare ree to subscribers We dontaprove o logic bos, bt e do antto sho you hat they look like fanyone has one, lease sen it in O pape, please )

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Aexdri, Virgii, there re eiecled eecom Bsicl theyeephoe wit camera atache o moir ole o robn dare he peron cal the rreciooffic fter hi "curw he eecmram a hograh f he rol i every few seo s heahoriie a he ero i hme a o g meratrcrd ig t the autori ie, ubje d hi of hi eice aruve wi e ud more mre in he fure, hey y "Eer aya Amer we , he or she efree a fr a prv nform icoeed, says ward "Pry beig vde n a wolea ai mputerz ri o r

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. !ketplacPen Register. Just l ike new. $70..J C . D e v en d o rf , 2 9 2 6 1 B u c k h a ve n ,Lagna Niguel , CA 92677- 1 61 8 .DO YOU HAVE old outdated computerquient y ng arond gatherng dust?W h y n o t d o n a t e t t o 2 6 0 0 ' s g r o w n gbu et n board network? S uport freedom ofspeech n you r t m e ! Contct 2 6 a t (5 1 6 )7 5 1 -200 or wr te 26, P O Box 75 2,M e I s and , N Y 1 1 9 5 3 .F R S A L E : S W T P C M o d e l C T - 8 2

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F O R S A L E C O M M O D O R 8 - B I R O B O I C S K I b y F s c h e r t e c h n k A ha wre, nterace sftae an ma na lnc luded. M nt condt on $39 9 Send phone# to : Bo x 5 7 1 , o e st H l Y 3 7 5 BET HACKER AND PH AK R wttenpubl c doman ftwae for the Aple I Ifmly Two oule sded dktt l l communcat on n deprotect on ut i t iese proga ms were combed from th bet

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nute ut don't orget they sti l l hve to buyteleconerencing equipent which is not deb Weste Electric (AT&T Technologies) orNy nex t ey us t p rov i de a conversat i onfa i l i t a t o r ( su l l y one f o r eve ry e i gh t

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with l itt le chi ldren to ge heat fai lures) Telcowi l l b i l l the vendor 30 cents fr e f i rst intend ive cents per 30second nt. n an SSPsystem in oston an P harges but doubletht N

ow the oney dds p One P reports

tht the poo teleonerences tht e runsthroughout the country e $1 . 1 9 to $1 . 80 percl l . With tht k ind o cas wy doesnt thephone copany j s ake a pereage At er all

i t 's their network nd their b i l l ng and col lectiondeprtent. The nswer s t t t just doesn'tlook right or a pul i c ut i l i t to be in bed" wth apoo l ine.

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I P does on his end is up to hi m It coul d e nAudioet Serice like the pssive rodcstnnouncing systs such s DilAJoc [sic]I t cou ld e touh tone interctive syst muchlike the dly horrilescope seice where youtouch tone your b rthdy nd the 's dtseccesses tht slo t in vo ice ma lo syst I tcould lso proide PI scrning/suritysyst (hcers on your m ! )

n Los Angeles one telepoogrpher oinedhere i rst ? ) produces D il A Peersion not therel nme). At the tone press 1 or strightpone se 2 or gy se 3 or esti l it y nd soon He plns to do the se here. He lso wntsto b r i n g t o N t h t s m e i l i t y i ntelonerencng wherey you touch tone yourersion nd e connt to other lkem nded pple under the uspi ces o sil ly

trn modertor One prumes tht sons dogs nd gots w i l l e to e outit tedwith hedsets)

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th e several mets where he opertes he rentsth to other telepoogrphers roun thecount. ( thought tht hevy rethng soundedfmi l ir . )

7/7ow the everpopul r pssive 96/970 The

n tri hs ncresed the chrges or 97/7clls They now chrge 28 ents nd gie noti meody discountin g I any such cll s were

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The reveue to the IP's also goes u heea the ir moe ba o call volue Curent l ,the f rst 250, 00 cal s per month ea th two

cents each Then there are severa incetsunt the ht the top evel Over 4,000,000 pemonth eas th 25 cents each he npropos leels ar: 3 5 cents per cal l for the f st1 4 4 0 c a l s ; 3 7 5 c e n t s f o r 4 , 0 t o432 ,000 ca s; 4 cents fo r 432,001 t 1 ,1 52, 00a 4 2 cents for ,1 52, 01 to 2, 304, 00cals ad 45 cents for oer 2,304,00 calls

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ou the bad news Shortfas An IP mustmaintain a minimum ca olume of 5, calsper month An amount under that wl becharged to the edor at a rate of 245 centseah! For exae let's sa a dal-it cereed onl 1 ,00 ca s n one month (700cas a da times 3 da) he l ea 21 ,000times 3 5 cents o $735 The the l be ht with ahare bak f 57 m nus 2 00 tm

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