**************************************** * T H E D A R K P I R A T E * * - PRESENTS - * * THE TOTAL PHREAK.............PART I..* **************************************** . . . .BOXES. . . . ------------------- SILVER BOX: YOUR PHONE ORIGINALLY CONSISTED OF 16 KEYS, 0-9, #, *, AND SILVER BOX KEYS A, B, C, D. THESE ARE TELCO OVERRIDE TONES AND ARE USED TO MAKE YOUR OWN PRIVATE LOOP, BY CALLING DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE, TOUCHING THE D KEY, THEN YOU WILL DISSCONNECT THE OPERATOR, AND HEAR A PULSING TONE, YOU THEN DIAL '7' AND WAIT FOR A FRIEND TO DO THE SAME, EXCEPT AFTER THE PULSING TONE HE SHOULD HIT '6' AND WHEN HE DOES, YOU WILL HAVE A FREE LOOP. WHITE BOX: WHITE BOX IS ESSENTIALLY A PORTABLE KEY PAD CONSISTING OF ALL 16 KEYS. BLACK BOX: BLACK BOX IS JUST A RESISTER AND A SWITCH THAT YOU PUT IN YOUR PHONE, SO THAT WHEN A PERSON CALLS YOU AT A PREARRANGED TIME, YOU LIFT THE RECIEVER, DROP IT AND PICK IT UP, THEN FLIP ON THE SWITCH AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, AND HE (SHE) WILL NOT BE CHARGED FOR THE CALL TO YOUR HOUSE. BLUE BOX: BLUE BOX PRODUCES 15 TONES THAT AN OPERATOR USES TO CONNECT CALLS. THE KEYS ARE AS FOLLOWS: KP - THE KEY PULSE FORWARD TONE. (1100HZ + 1700HZ) ST - THE START TONE. (1500HZ + 1700HZ) K2 - KEY PULSE FORWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL #'S (1300HZ + 1700HZ) 1 - (700HZ + 900HZ) 2 - (700HZ + 1100HZ) 3 - (900HZ + 1100HZ) 4 - (700HZ + 1300HZ) 5 - (900HZ + 1300HZ) 6 - (1100HZ + 1300HZ) 7 - (700HZ + 1500HZ) 8 - (900HZ + 1500HZ) 9 - (1100HZ + 1500HZ) 10 - (1300HZ + 1500HZ) 11 - (700HZ + 1700HZ) 12 - (900HZ + 1700HZ) DS - DISSCONNECT TONE (2600HZ) TO USE BLUE BOX, YOU MUST CALL MCI PUNCH IN YOUR MCI CODE, DIAL CANADA, (416) 555-1212, WAIT FOR THE OPERATOR TO ANSWER, THEN BLAST HER WITH 2600HZ OR THE DISCONNECT FREQUENCY, AND YOU HAVE CONTROL OF A TRUNK. FROM THERE YOU MUST TYPE IN KP THEN THE NUMBER YOU WNAT TO DIAL AND THEN ST. FOR OVER SEAS CALLS YOU MUST USE K2 INSTEAD OF KP. EX: OPERATOR ANSWERS: "WHAT CITY PLEASE?" THEN: 2600HZ+KP+#+ST MOST PEOPLE USE THIS FOR STARTING CONFERENCES, SINCE MOST CONFERENCE NUBERS CAN ONLY BE DIALED BY THE OPERATOR OR BLUE BOXER... SOME CONFERENCE NUMBERS AS OF 07/30/84: (312) 080-1050 (213) 080-1050 (914) 080-1050