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- August 10, 1988
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- Picaware Developments
- Agent:SoftIce Software
- P.O. Box 379
- Fort Langley, BC
- Canada, V0X-1J0
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- WildDialer Version 2.0 Docs
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- WHAT IS A "WAR GAMES DIALER"?
-
- In short, a War Games Dialer is any program that dials every
- number in a series and checks for carriers. By running such a
- program over a series of phone numbers, you will get a listing of
- which numbers have comuters at them.
-
- This can be used for several reasons, some of them legal,
- some not. I certainly do not advocate the use of this program
- for anything that would be considered illegal.
-
-
- ESS:
-
- Before you go zipping off the touch-tones, there is
- something you should understand about the telephone company. In
- most major metropolitan areas, they use ESS. ESS stands for
- Electronic Switching System. ESS is, in a nutshell, Orwellian.
- With it, the phone company knows EVERY SINGLE BUTTON you press on
- your phone, mistakes included.
-
- Now, the purpose of this program is to scan every number in
- a series and it is possible (though it has never happened to me
- and I have scanned every phone prefix in Vancouver...more than 30
- of them) that the phone company will be wondering what you are up
- to. REMEMBER: It is not illegal to make a phone call. Don't let
- the phone company scare you. You have done nothing wrong.
-
-
- WHY?
-
- Ok, I admit it. This program was motivated out of spite.
-
- When I saw "ULTRA3", which proclaims to be the "Ultimate in
- War Games Dialers", frankly, I was appaled.
-
- It didn't support pulse dialing, it only allowed COM ports 1
- and 2. It required 42K to run (as opposed to just under 17 in
- Wdial200). In short, it was an incomplete program.
-
- And so I sat down and wrote WildDialer Version 2. Version 1
- was really awful, written 2 years ago when I was a novice with
- TurboPascal. Version 2 represents a large leap over it, and as
- far as I know, over any other War Games Dialer that I have seen.
-
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- ABOUT THE PROGRAM
-
- WDIAL200 is special for a number of reasons:
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- 1. It uses the most rudimentary techniques for modem control,
- using a minimum of AT commands, this should ensure that
- almost any kind of modem can run WDIAL. If yours can't
- please drop me a line and tell me what kind of modem you are
- running so I can either fix it or post it.
-
- 2. It requires only 17K to run. Version 3 will be a memory
- resident program that runs in the background.
-
- 3. WDIAL allows COM ports 1 to 4.
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- 4. WDIAL keeps track of busy numbers and calls them again.
- This is the ONLY program of its kind that does this as far
- as I know.
-
- 5. Like all other PicaWare products, if you see a bug, or think
- that a modification would be in order, all you have to do is
- send me a note saying what it is. I am always looking for
- projects.
-
- 6. This IS NOT SHAREWARE. This is released completely to the
- public domain. If you use it, all I ask is for a $5
- donation and a copy of any scanning you may do, so I can add
- it to my master list.
-
-
- HOW TO USE WDIAL:
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- WDIAL is designed to be easy to use, it will step you
- through the set-up parameters (use the up and down arrow keys to
- adjust any parameter that needs changing) and will automatically
- add any long distance codes needed. The only tricky part about
- it is the AREA CODE section. Only use this if you are dialing
- long distance, otherwise, just strike >RETURN< to get local
- calls.
-
- During the dialing, the 'A' key will abort the search, and
- the space bar will skip to the next number.
-
-
- QUIRKS:
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- Because I used the most rudimentary way to hang up, it may
- take a while for the program to recover after it has found a
- carrier. Basically what it does is it tells the modem to hang
- up. If the modem fails to hang up it just waits for the other
- modem to hang up.
-
- In testing this has taken between 30 seconds to 10 minutes.
- The average is about 1 minute. Sorry for any inconvinience, but
- I was tired of seeing programs that only supported such and such
- modem. I am hoping that the other features of this program will
- make up for it.
-
- On average, this program takes 42 seconds per phone number
- (with the delay left at the default of 20 seconds). This means
- an average of 800 numbers per night. (I recommend running this
- program at night. You will encounter less busy signals).
-
- This program does not write to the printer. The reason is
- simple. I suggest this program be run at night, why bother
- having the printer going off every so often? I am quite certain
- you know how to use the DOS PRINT command.
-
-
- DISCLAIMER:
-
- Ah, the disclaimer.
-
- I do not take any resposibility for any damages (legal,
- physical or otherwise) that arise from the execution of this
- program. I do not advocate the use of this program for any
- purpose that could be deemed illegal.
-
- Jeff House
- August 10, 1988
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- AUTHORS BLURB:
-
- Well, there it is. Use it in good health. Remember, if
- you find a fault in the program, or you think that a particular
- modification would be good, don't hesitate to drop me a line.
-
-
- ANOTHER THING:
-
- Hey there Sysop's, want ld callers to call? Fine then, for the
- cost of one measly stamp you can have your name included in the "North
- American BBS Registry"
-
-
- Just send in the attached form and be listed!
- (If you can't afford less than 50 cents, Wow.)
-
- NA BBS REGISTRY
- P.O. Box 379
- Fort Langley, B.C.
- Canada V0X-1J0
-
- That's it, no cost or nothing.
-
- The list gets uploaded to a number of distributers who upload it
- to boards in their area, the users are encouraged to upload to their
- favorite bbs's etc.
-
- So if you want to be advertised across the continent, send us a
- line.
-
- I can also be contacted on a fair amount of Major boards (Rob Mitzel or
- Dr. Ice or Docice on Shoreline) if that would be easier.
-
- Dr. Ice
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