******************************************************************************* * * * THE FIXER PRESENTS * * * * T H E P H R A C K E R S H E R A L D * * * * ISSUE #3 * * * * This issue written by THE FIXER, * * Except for certain excerpts by SCOTT FRENCH. * * * * July 30, 1987 * * * ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wanna blow your mind? Scott French seems to know how to (literally) blow his enemies' minds! For good! Read on..... "The Russians have apparently been experimenting and using (they were busted several years ago aiming a crude version at an American embassy...) a device which is about the size of a transistor radio and produces RF energy at a frequency of about 388 mc. This little "black box" (sic) will cause anyone nearby to become very confused, lose his memory (including to the point of not remembering his own name) and may cause permanent insanity after a prolonged exposure. These devices are fairly simple to put together and the plans are commercially available so it is fairly safe to assume that the CIA has done some research into this field also. The CIA reportedly has a drop-in phone device which will fry the brain of the person who answers the phone in about 5 seconds. It is very possible that this device also operates in the dangerous 384-388 MHz area, and is pulsed at about 11 CPS. Just imagine the possibilities; a "phone repairman" comes in to check the unit, spends a minute or two and leaves, giving you the "all clear". The phone rings a minute later, you answer, and WHAMMO! Your wife is collecting (My insurance company, why New England Life. Why?)" This excerpt from French's THE BIG BROTHER GAME alerts us to just one of many possibilites for dealing with those who stand in your way, whatever twisted and depraved way that may be. In future issues of PHRACKERS HERALD, plans for such a device as detailed above may become available. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OK, remember in the beginning of the file I mentioned that one of the few safe phreaking methods left was red-boxing? Well, for you Commodore 64 owners, I have written a short BASIC program which makes the famed RED BOX TONES. If you type this program in, DO NOT COMPILE IT!!!!! The timing is rather critical and is controlled by for-next loops, so compiling this program would fuck it up royally. Maybe later I will publish a machine language version, but the BASIC code is so damn simple, it hardly seems worth it. Anyways, here's the program: 5 rem*** 6 rem*** red box tones 7 rem*** by TOMMY 8 rem*** 9 rem*** 10 s=54272:pokes+6,240:pokes+4,32:pokes+24,15:pokes+13,240:pokes+11,32 20 pokes,229:pokes+1,140:pokes+7,239:pokes+8,108 30 goto500 40 rem *** quarter tone code 50 fori=1to5:pokes+4,33:pokes+4+7,33 55 pokes+4,32:pokes+4+7,32 60 forj=1to25:next:nexti:return 63 forj=1to25 99 rem *** dime tone code 100 fori=1to2 110 pokes+4,33:pokes+4+7,33 120 forj=1to30:next 130 pokes+4,32:pokes+4+7,32 140 forj=1to35:next 150 nexti 160 return 199 rem *** nickel tone code 200 pokes+4,33:pokes+11,33 210 fori=1to30:next 220 pokes+4,32:pokes+11,32 230 return 499 rem *** menu code 500 print"red box tones: q for quarter" 501 print" d for dime" 502 print" n for nickel" 510 getx$:ifx$=""then510 520 ifx$="q"thengosub50 530 ifx$="d"thengosub100 540 ifx$="n"thengosub200 550 goto510 Too fucking simple to believe. The way that I have always recommended to use computer-generated red box tones is to play them into the audio-in of your stereo's tape deck. Get a GOOD recording of about ten bucks' worth of quarters, and when you go to a fortress to use red box tones, just play 'em back thru a WALKMAN. Make sure you "deposit" LOTS of quarters when you call, so that operators don't butt in on conversations which could very well deal with phreaking. I have many programs for my '64 which generate box tones, if you want a COMPLETE set of phreak tones I suggest you get a copy of Phone Man 4.0, 5.5, or 6.1 . All 3 contain Blue, Green, Red, and Silver box tones, plus 2600 hertz, 2600 plus pink noise, 1850 hertz "TASI" tone, and a frequency generator. Plus a GOOD terminal program that supports user-defined text fonts to make hacking as easy on the eyes as possible.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And now, for a little something from The Fixer's File Vault to brighten up your miserable ESS-ridden little lives... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Fixer presents... GOLD BOXING FOR THE COMMON MAN March 1987 Well, there are a few files which contain gold box plans, but these have schematics which are nearly impossible to follow due to a lack of author creativity. Here then, is the schematic for the Gold Box, re-drawn more clearly. For operating data, refer to OTHER FILES. ----'\/\/\,-------- I I I Q1 I b I === I e / \ c I I I I LED1 I I Red 1 -------*------I<-------* ------*---- Green 2 I I I I LED2 I R2 I *------I<-------*-'\/\/\,-- R3 ----'\/\/\,----- I I I I I I Q2 I b I === I c / \ e I I I I I ------- I I I I I R4 I I Green 1 -----*-'\/\/\,-*------*------ Red 2 LEGEND: I --'\/\/\,-- Resistor === Transistor / \ I I ----I<----- LED --------------- Horizontal wire I I I Vertical wire I I * Junction of wires or leads PARTS LIST: Q1, Q2 : 2N3904 or similar NPN transistor R1, R3 : Typical cadmium-sulfide photoresistors R2 : 22k ohm, 1/4 watt. Tolerance not critical; use 10% if you like. R4 : 1.4k ohm, 1/4 watt. Non-standard; you may need to daisy-chain two R's. LED1,LED2 : Jumbo size Red LED's, the brighter the better. Misc: Hookup wire, solder, etc. and a LIGHT-PROOF BOX to mount it all in. TECHNICAL NOTES: (1) Make sure that the device is completely shielded from light. (2) LED1 MUST shine directly on R1, and LED2 must shine directly upon R3. It is best if the LEDs are actually touching the photocells. The reason for this is that the LEDs and cells form optoisolators. I have not tried to deviate from the above schematic, but I submit that any common TIL-series optoisolator chip would have done the job just as well as the rather bulky and unreliable LED-photocell assemblies. This would also have precluded the need for a light-proof enclosure. (3) Operation of the device is as detailed in OTHER files on Gold Boxing. Remember that Gold Boxing, although one of the safest ways to phreak, is *HIGHLY* illegal and if you were to be caught installing a Gold Box, or if you screwed up in its construction and managed to GET TRACED, you will almost certainly face felony charges, especially here in Canada with our last-century laws on the subject. That was your only warning from me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thus concludes TPH volume 1, issue 3. Call: The Syrinx BBS (604) 595-0085 BC Tel Phone Mart (604) 658-1586 Heart of Gold (604) 658-1581 The Proving Grounds (604) 478-1363 XAKEPOBO MECTO (206) 324-0830 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------