I've heard the term "beige box" used to describe either a true lineman's clip-lead telephone set (or, yes, buttset), or a home telephone modified to have clip leads on the end of the cord (and perhaps a 'monitor' circuit) like a buttset. The hacker terminology is that the "beige box" (named since many home telephones are beige) can be used to physically clip into someone else's telephone line, to either snoop on their conversations, or make calls with their account. BTW, I happen to own an old rotary dial lineman's telephone, though I use it only for occasional amusement purposes on my own phone line... ;) -Adam
-- Adam Vaughn Collector of old computers, video game systems, radios and other electronic equipment... Visit my page at http://www.electronixandmore.com/adam/index.html > Greetings ( + )!( + ) > > On Jul 30, 2005, at 8:14 PM, Adam Vaughn wrote: > > > Here's my name list: > > Beige PowerMac G3: "Beige Box" (after a hacker term for a telephone > > lineman's test telephone set) > > PowerBook 5300c: "Sculley's Revenge" (should be self-explanatory, lol) > > Sony Vaio laptop: "Flicker" (after it's screen problem) (in Linux > > mode: "Rebel") > > Compaq Armada P133 laptop: "Plan Z" (used it as an emergency main > > computer after the hard drive in our old peecee went bad a few years > > ago; it was painfully slow even then!) > > Mac SE: "cMac" (Think Ancient.) > > -Adam > > > > -- > > Mmmm having been in the telephone industry for 25 years, I think that's > "Blue Box" used to make illegal telephone calls on circuits that used > SF (single frequency) as the idle circuit signal. When the SF tone was > sent on the circuit the connection would collapse and a new receiver > would be applied in preparation for the next call. It could then > produce "KP" and "ST," "STP" along with other multi-freq tones, and the > good ones would also do "dtmf (dual-tone)" which was needed to > originate the call to an 800 number. > > The telephone lineman's test set is know as a "Butt-set" or > "Butt-in-ski" as it is used to butt into a analog line. > > > > Best Regards, /\*_*/\ > > Harry (*^_^*) > I know, when people see a cat's litter box, they always say, "Oh, have > you got a cat?" Just once I want to say, "No, it's for company!" > > > -- > G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
