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THIS File was made on a PC and is not safe to view from amiexpress. With ANSI mode on you jhut get all the lines on one line. With ansi off it gurus! So you gotta download it and use CED or whatever! -POT-NOODLE Fixed by -={TETSUO/LSD}=- -\\[[[[[[[[[[[\\- \\0[[[__ \\\ _[[[0\\ \0[[[_ \0[][]\ __[[0\ \0[[[_ \0[[[[[[[ _[[0\ \0[[_ 0[[[__[[[[\ _[[0\ 0[[[_ \0[[[_ _0[[[\ _[[0\ ^[[[] \0[[[_ _0[[0\ [[[0\ 0[[[_ 0[[[_ _0[[0\ \[[0 7 ^[[[_ \0[[[_ _0[[0\ ^[[[\7_ \\\\\\\\\\\\[[[[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\[[[_ \#####\\\_###\[[[[_############_\\\\######\\7 \#_ 0[[ 0[[[_ _0[[[\ [[0 __ 0[[ \0[[[_ _0[[[\ [[[ 0[[[[[[_ _0[[[ [[[0 _0[[[_ _0[[[[[0_ 0[_[[[\ \\\[[[0 0[[[__[[[[\\\ \\[[[[[_[[[[\ \0[[[_ --___[[[[[[[[[[[[__-- _0[[[[ \____\ \____\ Circle-A productions presents.. The Art of Red Boxing (with an introduction to White Boxing) By Dial Tone "If the shoe fits, steal it!" (A) 1992 - Official release #001 24/Jan/92 _______________________________________________________________________________ ][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -% Introduction %- In this file I will give you complete instructions on how to use the biggest marvel of modern telecommunications, the Red Box. This file assumes that you have already purchased or built a Red Box. I will not tell you how to build one, as there are numerous files out there on the subject. I will not tell you where to buy one, so as not to incriminate anyone involved in the manufacture of this device. There are many young entrepreneurs out there who build Red Boxes and sell them for huge profits. I personally know several people who have or are currently paying their way through college on money made from selling the things, but I digress.. Red Boxes have been around since the beginning of time (the 1960's). While they do not pre-date blue boxes, they certainly have been around about as long. Suprisingly enough, these remarkable devices still work in 1992, long after blue boxes, black boxes, infinity transmitters, and other relics of the Step-By-Step and Crossbar eras have lost their usefulness due to advances in Telco technology. While Red Boxing is definitely on it's way out, as the phone companies have started installing new digital pay phones in airports, hotels, etc. it still works like a charm on 85% of the pay phones out there in the major cities, and on just about every single pay phone in smaller towns (a lot of small town joints have COCOTs, Customer Owned Coin Operated Telephones, which are not Red Box compatible, but more on this later). I am sure there will ALWAYS be pay phones that you can Box from, it just will be more of a challenge to find them. At any rate, you can probably expect Red Boxes to work from a majority of pay phones for at least 10 years or more. There just isn't any way that the phone company is going to replace every last goddamn pay phone on the planet in less time than that. IMPORTANT: for those bomb-throwing punks out there among you, I would advise AGAINST causing serious damage to standard telephone company pay phones, simply because the phone company is going to replace the damaged phone with a new digital pay phone which a Red Box will NOT WORK from. The petty cash you get by blowing open a pay phone will not be worth it in the long run when Red Boxes become obsolete because of your destructive behavior. (smirk!) -% The Red Box %- The Red Box itself consists of a dual-tone oscillator circuit, a small speaker, and may have several push-buttons or switches. Standard Red Boxes have a button for a single "wink" of the dual-tone to signal a Nickel. More advanced Red Boxes include circuitry to pulse the tone 2 or 5 times, to signal a Quarter or Dime. I have even seen Red Boxes that have White Boxes built in (White boxes are standard DTMF Tone Dialers, available at Radio Shack, Service Merchandise, et al.) In this file we will assume that you have the Dee-luxe version that has buttons for a Quarter, Nickel, and Dime, as well as an On/Off switch (The "Gallery" Red Box, popularized by the callers to The Gallery BBS in Spring/Summer of 1991). The Gallery Red Box can be modified to be a combination Red/White box, but we will only assume that you have the Red version. (White Boxes are useful for accessing "courtesy" phones at banks, department stores, or malls and dialing out on an outside line. They are also useful at COCOTs. More on COCOTs later..) If you have a different "brand" of Red Box, or one that can only produce a Nickel tone, don't worry, just press the damn button 5 times for a Quarter. Everything should work fine, as the principle is for the most part the same. -% Local "A" Range Calls %- "A" Range calls are probably the most difficult, strangely enough. They require a variety of techniques to execute properly. It is almost universally impossible to make an A range call using normal methods of Red Boxing. The easiest way I have found is to call the operator ("bell bitch") and ask her to connect your call. Simply tell her that you are having problems dialing the number you want to reach and that you would like her to connect you. She will then connect your call and ask you to insert a "quarter". Do as she says...:> Operators are trained to recognize the tones that pay phones make when a caller inserts money (tones made with the pay phone's own internal Red Box! Unfortunately, when you put a coin in, the pay phone cuts out the earpiece so you do not hear the tones that it makes), so she will definitely not know the difference between your Red Box's artificial tones and the tones that the pay phone makes. NOTE: If you are having problems making any kind of call from a pay phone, it is probably a good idea to call the operator anyway. I always prefer dealing with real people than machines. People are easier to bullshit.. -% B,C, and D range calls, and intra-lata Long Distance (dial-1 calls) %- To make a B, C, or D range call (or an intra-lata Long Distance call if you live where you must dial "1" before a long distance call that is in the same area code as you) simply dial the number you want to call first (Chicago people, ignore the Dial-1 stuff, as every number in 312 and 708 is local to you anyway). An automated operator will come on and ask you to insert either 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50 cents, depending on how far away you are calling. If you are making a dial-1 call, the amount could range anywhere from 35 cents all the way up to the cost of a regular interlata long distance call ($2.10). All you have to do is press a fucking button, so I guess this really doesn't matter. Unlike A range calls, the automated operator will come on occasionally (every half hour or so for shorter distance calls, or as frequently as every 3 minutes for a full-fledged long distance call.) -% Long Distance Calls %- Making a long distance call with a Red Box is a piece of cake. Simply dial the number you want to call, and wait for the automated-operator to come on and tell you to insert your money. Press the appropriate buttons on your Red Box to "insert" the proper amount, and you are set. Periodically throughout the call (every three-five minutes or so) the automated operator bitch will cut in and ask you to feed the phone another 50-75 cents or so. Real easy, just beep her some change and that's it. -% International Calls %- These are a lot of fun.. Dial the number first, as usual. (e.g. if you are calling England, dial 011-44-CITY-NUMBER) Wait about 15 seconds, and you will get a genuine AT&T International operator on the line, and she will ask you to insert $3.00 right off the bat. She will then attempt to connect the call, and if she is successful in connecting you, she will tell the other party to hold while you insert another $3.80! (God, are international calls fucken' expensive!!) After you insert your money, you can go and talk for 3 or 4 minutes, and then the operator (a real live one!) will come back on and ask you to insert another 3 bux or so. This goes on for the duration of the call, so (if your Red Box has this feature) you might want to program it to insert money a dollar at a time. I have made many an International call with a Red Box, and have had no problems talking to people in England, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, and Switzerland. -% COCOTs %- COCOTs (Customer Owned - Coin Operated Telephones) are, as the name implies, customer owned. What is meant by this is a certain agency (e.g. a McDonalds or a gas station) orders a standard telephone line (i.e. a standard business line) and hooks up a custom pay telephone which is NOT owned by any telephone company. The agency is then free to pocket all the money that gets dropped into this pay phone without the phone company having a say one way or another! Needless to say, whoever owns the phone is making a killing, as the COCOT charges anywhere from 25-50 cents for every damn local call that gets made, when the agency is only charged for normal price calls made on a business line. COCOTs are available from various companies for around $500-800 each. It is interesting to note that COCOTs cannot receive incoming calls. If you call a COCOT, you will usually get 3 or 4 rings, then a synthetic female voice that says "Thank You". Supposedly you can then enter various codes to do diagnostics on the phone, etc.. To hear one for yourself, call (708) 698-9010. You can not use a Red Box from a COCOT because as far as the telephone company is concerned, you are at a privately owned residence or business line. (The phone line, not the phone itself determines if the line is a standard "pay phone" line which uses Red Box tones to signal payment). Even calling the operator will do you no good, as the operator will just tell you that you are at a COCOT and that she can't help you... Anyway, to make free phone calls on a COCOT: Dial an 800 number, and politely apologize for calling a wrong number when someone answers. Wait for them to hang up, and a few seconds later you should hear a few clicks and then a Dial Tone. Now you can take your White Box (tone dialer) and dial out anywhere you like. NOTE that you cannot dial with the COCOT's buttons because the COCOT locks out the keypad after you initially dial to prevent this very sort of abuse. -% If you get caught %- You won't get caught. Trust me. If you get caught, you are a cretin and deserve to get caught. -% Conclusion %- I have found that the Red Box and the White Box to be the most useful tools you can own. No good phreak should be without either of them! I carry my Red/White combo box with me at all times just in case I need to make an important phone call and I DON'T feel like paying for it. _______________________________________________________________________________ ][][][][][][][][][][][] Call These gr8t boards [][][][][][][][][][][][] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Nite Owl ][ (Circle-A home base)............................(708) 656-5355 Ripco International..............................................(312) 528-5020 Terminal Enterprises.............................................(708) 717-1506 _______________________________________________________________________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (A) 1992 - All Riots Preserved! The Circle-A Society (( <./\.| )) The 7th <hurch of the /\pocalyptic |awnmower! 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