on 8/7/01 1:42 AM, Adam at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> These "tone diallers" were/are also popular with what alot of people call
> 'hackers' as some types (most notoriously the Radio Shack ones) can be
> re-crystalled and then used to defraud the coin tolling system used in
> American payphones. Such a modified device is called a "red box".
Weren't they called blue boxes? Or was that something else?
> Unfortunately, the 'bot doesn't respond to DTMF tones, rather it responds to
> single and compund tones in the 1000-2800Hz range. If I can find a tone
> generation util, I'll try it, otherwise I'll just have to substitute my PC's
> Creative AWE-32.
I remember in my BBS days, I used a DOS terminal program called Terminate.
In its preferences somewhere was a tone generator. I have no idea what it
was supposed to be for, but it could be set to the hertz, and played out the
otherwise worthless PC speaker. Was fun to bug the dogs next door with. :)
> rotary
> phone (Geez, I'm 18 and I remember these)
Don't worry about it, I'm 19 and *use* a rotary phone.
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