I thought it was called phreaking. From: Michael B. Smith Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 7:09 PM To: [email protected] Reply To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Pretty certain the process – as well as the spelling – is different. Even if they are homophones. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Webster Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 8:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? (UNCLASSIFIED) Phracking, isn’t that what they are doing to get oil and gas out of the ground now? :) Thanks Webster From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 6:54 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? (UNCLASSIFIED) Ah. Phracking. Those were the days! :) From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Free, Bob Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 7:49 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? (UNCLASSIFIED) 2 telephone handsets, 4 alligator clips, couple feet of test lead to wire them up, a 9v battery and a pair of wires…or 1 wire and a common ground. Very handy for all sorts of things. I still have a very old pair in my garage. We used to call it a poor-mans-buttinski :) If you guys were real phone nerds you know what I’m talking about Now this is the real deal… [http://www.britishtelephones.com/ericsson/ericsson/n202329.jpg] From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J- P Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 4:22 PM To: NT Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? (UNCLASSIFIED) I remember can with strings to my upstairs neighbor (parents weren't to fond of NYtel bills) which I can only assume were per minute usage charges in the late 70's. then i came accross something like this, dont quite remember the manufacturer /brand but you can actually make a FREE call provided the wire reached http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=annie+telephones+&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=annie+telephones+&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&id=7CE75C740BB257EC9F057D37771074C25F610034&selectedIndex=118<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.bing.com/images/search?q%3Dannie%2Btelephones%2B%26qs%3Dn%26form%3DQBIR%26pq%3Dannie%2Btelephones%2B%26sc%3D0-0%26sp%3D-1%26sk%3D%23view%3Ddetail%26id%3D7CE75C740BB257EC9F057D37771074C25F610034%26selectedIndex%3D118&k=4%2BViHuL0UtSJBpVrYi3EdQ%3D%3D%0A&r=Jek3QSvahmIrNAN1nuPfQA%3D%3D%0A&m=tEc1G5irlMAfLeougDxyKsG8FjfVrPfe6xOdoLVWVBQ%3D%0A&s=bb097354dc6c16e6a40d4c34188ca407a792e5977b371ed0adbdf9b2d2a4b2b0> it looked like a typical rotary phone but obviously couldn't dial number, only rang the other end Kind of like the "bat phone" Jean-Paul Natola ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? (UNCLASSIFIED) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 15:44:41 -0700 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Old people had phones. Back when I was a kid all we had was soup cans and string. And that meant if we wanted to talk to our friends we had to eat the soup!!!!! On Jul 29, 2014, at 3:34 PM, J- P <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: WOW, my earliest memory was a "touch tone" telephone with 7 numbers- however, we did not require area codes back then 2751058 ________________________________ PG&E is committed to protecting our customers' privacy. To learn more, please visit http://www.pge.com/about/company/privacy/customer/ ________________________________
