At 02:15 -0700 on 07/08/01, Alex Allee wrote: >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? Ah, boxen. I have a beige box (aka lineman's handset) here at home that I built myself. I read a bunch about the other colours of boxen but never really did much with them. The Whacked Mac archives used to have a load of .txts about boxen, how to build each one, and what they all did. _____________________________________________________ the pickle The FAQ <http://macfaq.binhost.com/> The Archive <http://www.jmug.org/software/thepickle/> _____________________________________________________ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac, sign up for PayPal, possible $5 bonus. <http://lowendmac.com/ad/paypal.html> Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD <http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html> - - - - - Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.binhost.com/> 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
