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some facts on supervision

by The Kid & Co.
Answer supervision is the teleo tenn for the signal sent back supervision. the results of the test will he inconclll~i\e for [fo,:
to indicate the call has been answered and billing should reasons discussed above and in the other article. 1 re
commence. Many alternate long distance carriers do not have forwarding process will connect you to the number bein!! te'tee
thisfeature, so they start billing after a caller has been on a line for supervision. After the call has becn "ansv.ered". hang llr
for an arbitrary amouht of time (usually 20-30 seconds). This and dial your own phone number. If you get a busy signal ther
grace period can be spent listening to a ring, busy signaLoreven the call forwardinr has been reiected hecause the number I-
talking. Obviously, this method of billing can result in billing unsupervised. Ca lis to that numher are free when using a carrier
errors of great magnitude. Imagine what would happen if one which does return supervision. If you get connected to the
chose to listen to a ring or busy signal for 3 hours. This problem numher. then it is supervised. You have heen hilled for both
was covered in detail in an article appearing in the November calls and should make sure to unforward your calls.
19R5 issue of 2{)00 on page 2~74. This testis useful when compiling lists of test number, that
There is a fair share of telephone numbers out there that are will be used throughout the country. It would he a real pIll'. \()
free to call i.e .. they do not supervise. These should not be see supervisory information on the lists already in circulation
confused with ROO numbers. which do supervise. but carry no During the research for this article we noted that equal acce"
charge. Telephone company recordings arid various "secret" really is equa I. I was surprised to find that both call forwarding
numbers often don't supervise". Phones that are illegally hooked and speed calling allow an optional 5-digit carrier access code
up to "black boxes" will defeat call supervision. The Tatter is to be specified. Therefore. it is possible to detennine whether Or
imposs'ible in an electronic switching system (ESS). .. not a long distance carrier returns true answer supervision. To
To determirie if answer supervision signa Is are sent back by a test a carrier and ohtain conclusive results. one should use the
particularnumher. one only needs a telephoneconnect~d to an supervision test on the carrier using a known unsupervised
FSS made by AT&T' Western Electric. This phone must also phone numher (a number that tested unsuped using the abont.
he ab\ecto access the call forwarding feature. First, attempt to test with AT&T as the I.D carrier) and a known supervised one-
forward your calls to the numberto be tested. Make sure touse (any home phone will do). If the test usingan alternate carrier
a carrier which returns supervision if you are calling long does not return the same results as AT& T. then the carrier does
distance. Jfyou don't use AT&T ora carrier which uses answer not return proper supervisor\' infonnation.

ReI & DMS-IOO BUGS··

RCI. the Rochester. NY -based long distance company. is the own phone. It takes about eight seconds for the phone line to
only alternate carrier we could find that still has the infamous finish dialing what you told it todial.lt's sometimes possible to
202bug. This bug prevails on corporate extenders (800 dial- hear a little click as this phone line finishes dialing. Fnteringthe
tone numbers). but the long distance carriers as a rule have three final digits allows the call to be completed thr'eugh
weeded it out. Washington. DC
Basically, the 202 bug is a hole in the network. 202 is the area It's fairly obvious why this doesn't work in cities that require
code for Washington, DC. which is the only major city in the one's hefore area codes. If the RCI computer sees you dial
country where you do not have to dial a on., before making a 212-141-5xxx in an attempt to access San Franci~"Co through
long distance call. Calls can be made by just dialing the area New York City. it will sav. "There is no wav on earth an
code followed by the number. This holds true for parts of other exchange in 212 can begin "";ith a one"and vou will hear an RCI
area codes (20 I. 914) and for all of at least one other area code error message to that effect. Dialing i02-415-xxxX in an
(516). but Washington. DC is the only major citl" where this can attempt to do the same from Washington. DC will make the
be done and that's why the bug works there. computer think you are trying to access the 415 exchange inside
After accessing RCI (950-1003) and entering a \'alid the 202 area code. That iswhy it attempts to pla~e the call. It has
authorilation code. a caller can dial202, then another area code not been told that 415 or any exchange that is also an area code
and the first four digits of the seven digit number. Then. after is imalid in 202. It also gladly places calls to the 4ll~xchange
pausing for about eight seconds. the caller can enter the (infonnation) or the 911 exchange (police emergency) in anI"
"C r~maining three digits and the call will go through. No bill is (Jrea code where if has a phone line. In these cases. fqurdummy
sent to the authori7ation code. digits have to be added after the exchange to convince the RCI
What the caller has done is route the call through RCI's computer that it's a real phone number. (RCI did at least
phone lines in Washington. DC. The phone line there remember to lock out the 950 exchange.)
ordinarily looks for a seven digit number. But by entering the If there were a maior city inside the 516 area code. the bug
first seven digits of a ten digit long distance number. you have ,",ould probahly work there as well. Since there isn't. RCI does
tricked the RCI computer into thinking you are makinga call in not lease lines in thala rca code. In a lllikelihood. all calls to 516
the 202 area. The phone line dials tho~e seven digits and a re routed th rough 212. As a result. there is no local phone line
"completes"the ca Il.lea\ing you sitting in no man \ land.iust as to take ad\antage of in 516.
you \\ould be if\"()u stopped dialing midway through from your (continued on pa~e 3-72)
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NSA Drops DES impmsihle. the Indian army took over the central telcphone
\"CClHo!' "1.'P,ll'lflwnl exchange and hegan evicting the strikers.
The liS !!overnment will not recertify the Da.ta Encryption They were demanding the prosecution of Prakash Chand
Standard (DES). a standard code widely used hy government Sethi. a former home minister and memher of the ruling
agencies and industry to protect sensitive computer data. when Congress PartV' in Parliament. They said Sethi hurst into a
it is reviewed in 19RR. Harold Daniels. deputy director of section of the main domestic lon!!-distance hook in!! exchange
information security for the National Security A!!ency fa man waving a pistol and demanding to know why hiscall to Bomhay
you all ought to know.] says. "The use of the DES al!!orithm had not heen put through.
has spread to sensitive applications. which has made it an Sethi denied he had threatened or attacked anvone and said
increasin!!Iy attractive target for our adversaries. Therefore. we he was manhandled hy an officer of the operator's union.
have determined that it is in the US interest to introduce new "They were shouting and advancing toward me." he said. "I
crypto!!raphic algorithms." was only asking why they did not connect my call. It is m\' right
The policy will cause some confusion among computer users. as a customer. This is the worst telephone system in the world."
who may hesitate to hud!!et for new security equipment
pending the government's action. "Signature" On Video Transmitters
Hackers On Shortwave The Federal Communicat ions Commission proposed a
svstem that would make it easier to find future Captain
A Seattle ham radio operator and computer enthusiast is Midnights.
calling on the Federal Communications Commission to set The FCC proposed a rule requiring that all satellite v ideo
aside a small portion of the shortwave hand for microcomputer transmitters have a special "signature." so individual signals
users. could be identified quick Iv.
The Seattle ham is proposing a packet-switch in!! puhlic As you should know. Captain Midnight used an earth station
di!!ital radio service (PDRS). He calls it a "high-speed digital to override a Home Box Office cahle signal and insert his own
radio hi!!hway" for computer hohbyists. message. FCC investigators only closed in on him because of an
Donald Stoner proposes that a portion of the amateur radio unusual pattern generated hy the color bars he used on his
handwidth (52-54 M H7) he set aside for the PDRS. Key to the transmission.
PDRS would be the development of "smart" transceivers. The proposed rule would require the "signature" to he
which would act as network access devices, mail-hoxes, and present on all transmissions after Decemher 31. 19R7.
modems. These limited radio transceivers would operate at all Commissioners also discussed whether there should he
times, acting as"the equivalent of nodes in conventional packet automatic transmitter identification systems for some radio
networks. As such, they would constantly monitor the airwaves operators.
for packets addressed to them or for packets they could pass on.
FBI Shopping List
BB Traffic Cop Inf,'\\nrid

The FBI announced that it is planning to huv more than

Galveston County, Texas, constables are using a g,()()() desktop and porta hIe computers for use in a wide range of
comhination radar unit, computer, and camera that activities.
automatically photographs motorists driving more than 10 The FBI has asked vendors to prepare hids for the personal
miles per hour above the speed limit. The photograph includes computers, which must meet the government's Tempeq
the car's license plate, the driver's face, and the date, time, and specification for securing the machines from unauthori7ed
spccd. surveillance.
The motorist later receives a violation notice in the mail, and. According to the FBI hid request. the machines must have
if they wish, they can see the actual photo. the followingama7ingcharacteristics: The portables must fit in
The equipment can he set on automatic to operate on its own a hriefcase and weigh less than 25 pounds, and have huilt-in
while placed along a highway. modems. The vendors must allow the FBI to look at future
I n aiL 1.200 speeders have heen photographed since May, products. and will sign a non-disclosure agreement. to verify
more than all those ticketed last year by police in the precinct, that the machines will he able to run software on a 32-hit chip.
where it is being tested. such as the Intel ROJ86. Vendors must supply Rhase 5000 or
ffiOO with Clout. which is descrihed as the FBI's "haseline"
Crosstalk Saves Old Lady datahase management system. They must supply a spread
sheet. a word processing package, an accounting system. as well
A 67-ye;,f-old woman who fell and broke her hip quietly as Pascal. C Prolog. LISP. and Assemhler.
he!!!!cd for help into a dan!!ling telephone rec~iver for two days The chosen system will gradually replace dumh terminals
until somcone heard her. currently hein!! used.
Her only telephone is located on a tahle in her kitchen. When f Ahcm·l
she reached it to dial the operator, she fell a!!ain, pullin!! the
phone to thc noor. It landed a few feet away, hut she said she Poor Connection Starts Bomb Scare
was unahle to raise her shoulders or arms to retrieve it.
She could hear a crackling noise through the receiver, Perhaps it was the pitch of the caller's voice. Perhaps it was
howevcr. and he!!an to call out for the operator. the static. But something made the friend on the ground think
More than 4R hours latcr. a neighbor picked up her phone that Flight 740 had a homh on hoard.
and heard a dim voice crying. "I need help. "The neighhor then The woman on the plane had made a call to her friend in
went door to door looking for the source of the anonymous Florida using a new air-to-ground telephone. hut there was a lot
voice. Phone company officials called the "cross talk" a freak of static. "There is a prohlem with the phone." she said. The
occurrence. friend. however. thought she had said there was a homh on the
plane and told her hushand. The hushand called the airline, the
Indian Phones Under Siege airline called the pilot. and when the plane arrivcd at La
Guardia Airport in New York. it was directed to a remote
More than 1,000 telephone operators quit work in New corner of the airfield and a waiting squad of anxious police
Delhi, India to protest unanswered demands that police arrest a officers.
politician who stormed the phone company and ordered The woman who made the call was removed from the plane
operators to place his call to Bomhay. and taken to police headquarters at the airport. The police
Since long-distance calling from New Delhi was virtually checked witnesses on the plane as well as the friend and her
hushand in Florida and then apologi7ed to the caller for the
inconvenience.

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Dear 2600: Dear TCCFBT:
In response to PV's letter in the June 1986 issue, the Captain It sounds like you picked the right magazine. We update irifo
Midnight case didn't involve exotic equipment, just proper as \1'e get irifo, so keep reading.
technique. From what the FCC can determine, all Captain Some areas are experimenting with number identification-
Midnight did was to broadcast onto the satellite transponder knowing who's calling you before you pick up. This is already in
used by HBO. By using a more powerful and better aimed place' within major corporations and institutions; it's only a
signal than HBO, the Captain merely overrode the signal being matter of time before every call is identified.
sent by HBO to the downlink channel. The downlink channel is The best way to get a CN/ A for an unlisted number is to call
the channel that cable companies all over the nation use to it, then ask your local business office why that number showed
receive HBO. When HBO determined that it was being up on your bill. They'll cheeri~v tell you all about it.
overpowered (almost immediately), they merely boosted PREFIX is, if we understand your question, the three digits
power. In fact, "snow flakes" could be seen for a half hour as before the dash in your phone number. Our phone number is
Captain Midnight and HBO fought for control of the satellite. (516) 751-2600. Our prefix is 751. Our area code, or NPA, is
About the scamblers on downlink HBO receivers-they 516, and our extension is 2600.
default to the pass-through mode when a clear (unscrambled) We hope readers will send reviews of new pay phones that
transmission is received. Thus Captain Midnight didn't have to show up in their area. Some of them really rip you off-others
encrypt his signal to have it seen by subscribers. let you get away with murder. Be rareful though-if you're
From the FCC investigation. they think that Captain playing with one of those phones, odds are that the person who
Midnight is northwest of Houston. Texas. They probably won't owns it is in the same room!
discover much more than this, unless the Captain starts Dear 2600:
bragging. as it takes time to do an exact triangulation. Taking I have recently gained several numbers in several different
control of a satellite uplink as Captain Midnight did doesn't prefixes in my area that get a strange response. I have looked
require much sophisticated equipment. All an uplink uses is a around, and found a few references to a few of those numbers,
microwave signaL and the proper aim with the right equipment call1ing them SL-I Switches. What can you tell me about these,
(not too difficult to obtain) would allow one to emulate the if anything?
Captain. Surprising that it hasn't happened sooner. Joshua Falkon
Lord Phreaker DearJF:
DearLP: SL-l is a phone system put out by Northern Telecom. It's
As most of the conscious world alreadv knows, Captain starting to get old and outdated and many of its users are
MidniKht ha; beenfound. (This letter was r~ceived before that dissatisfied with it. You didn't tell us if the strange responses
happened.) He was in Florida as it turned out, but it sure was you re receiving are voice or data lines. Either way, it's
interest inK how everyone seemed to think he was in Texas- something internal to the system and the potential for abuse
probab(r a trick by thefeds. and manipulation certain~l' exists.
Official Kround stations have unique iriformation contained Dear 2600:
within their siKnals, and the lettering used in the message I would like to open by saying how much I enjoy your
narrowed the search even further. But generic equipment has newsletter. More people should take a stand and publish what
no such information andfrankly, we are very surprised at how they think is right, as you folks do. Keep up the good work!
easy interception and control of the various services seems to I am curious about the rules regarding cancellation of
be. Anrone with a receivinK dish can mod!fr their equipment to charges for long distance calls to a wrong number. In the past.
forzmder $1000. {f they know whaT signals to send and where to when a call has not gone through correctly, I've called the
send them, complete pandemonium is theirs. We're very AT&T operator immediately and she has cancelled the charges.
surprised that more incidents haven't been occurring. By what criterion do they judge whether or not the call was in
We do want to know more about satellites-it's one of the fact a wrong number? Is it duration of the call? Do they verify
topics were expanding into. We have added a satellite sub- that you actually do place a call to the 'correct' number after
board to The Private Sector (2013664431 )and we .....elcome any reporting the error? All this is prompted by the numerous times
information any of our readers can contribute. I place long distance calls and end up leaving the same message
Dear 2600: on the same answering machine when awaiting a friend to get
Am interested in telephone company rip-off of its subscribers home.
and the PSC telephone-oriented membership. Your details on Thanks!
the workings are enlightening. Up-date on some numbers are Friends in faraway places
needed. Dear Friends:
Want details on annoyance bureau. They are a joke. With all We assume they take a good look at how many requestsfor
the instruments you mention they claim they cannot give you credit you make. {fyou make more than a couple, especial~r to
the numbers calling you. the same number, they will certainly begin asking questions. It:~
How do you get the CN! A operator for unlisted numbers a great way to get even with people-just make hundreds of
without computer'? requests of credit to their number! (We do NOT endorse this.')
What is ESS# I A processor #9 which identifies caller? Hopefu/~l', our A T& Tfriends will write to us with the exact
How about the abbreviations and full names with procedure when credit is given.
descriptions of how they work? Dear 2600:
What is PREFIX? I have heard that Dimension and Horizon PBXs can be
W rite about the new privately owned street phones and their remotely accessed through diagnostic( maintenance ports, and
\isiblc message.
TCCFBT (continued on page 3-72)

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==========================~===~ 475-4780 .TCltlE FOR O~lE SECOND (WARBLE TO TO~lE)
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222-1000 BPOKEN RINGING (CONTINOUS) 475-5782 OVL111 45 BKOD
222-1111 TEST. FOR MTS 475-6162
233-7417 475-6205 SL-l SWITCH
261-1181 BATTERY SWITCH (MTS TESTING) 475-7195
261-1191 SILENT TERMINATION (MTS TESTING) 475-7824
269-3315 U of M MAINFRAME (1200 BAUD) 475-8663 STRAtlGE TONE (CHAt'lOES OCTAVE)
269-3316 U of r'1 r'1AlNFRAr'lE <1200 !:AUD) 475-8930
269-:3317 U of r'1 r'lA I tlFRAr'lE (1200 BAUD) 475-9000 TONE FOR ONE SECOND
263-3318 U of M MAINFRAME (1200 BAUD) 475-9190 MULTICS BELL CANADA MONTREAL (~JlTI-TROtlICS)
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284-9993 tm RltlOltlG, ,JUST HIGH PITCHED TotlE (CONSTAtH) 4 75-n89 TOt~E FOR ONE SECOND
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474-1108 DMS-l (MTS) 475-9471
475-0363 475-9472
475-0460 '+' 475-9473
475-0616 475-9474
475-0645 RBX-11M (P.C.M.P 1 MTS?) 475-9475
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475-1490 DATFiI'AC (2400 BAUD;' (s'me.) 475-9770 TESHMOtH COrlSULTAtHS It~C. VAX 11/750
475- H91 IJFlTFlPFIC (2400 BAUD) (S','tlC. 622-4101 RING BACK (SOME AREAS ONLY!)
475-1561 622-4411 RItlG BACK (Sor1E FIRE AS ONL'rl)
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475-2034 IJATAPAC 667-1111 (TONE, BUT NOT A CARRIER)
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47'3-2036 DR TRPAC 669-1973
475-2071 DFlTFlPFIC 775-7005 ETERNAL BUSY (HOT LINE)
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888-4561 r1TS COMPUTER HlFORr1ATION SER',/ICE (CIS) (1200 BRUD) 943-0098 DRTAPAC (1200 BAIJD)
888-4820 r1TS Cor1PUTER HlFORr1RTION C,;ERVICE (CIS) <1200 BAUD) 943-0115 DATRPAC <1200 BAUD)
888-9201 U of W VAX-l (300/1200 BRUD) 943-0122 DATAPAC (1200 BAUD)
888-92135 943-0129 DATAPAC (12013 BAUD)
889-2294 Ut·lKt~O.JN, BUT SEEr1S TO BE .JRITHlG FOR Sor1ETHHlG 943-0135 DATRPAC (12130 BAUD)
889-8511 943-0147 DRTRPRC (12100 BAUD)
924-3001 MNEMOt·l I ClO',IL III 4:5 BKOD 943-0720 AIR CANADA PORT 19
924-3002 OVLll1 45 BKGD 943-0897
924-3005 STRAtlGE TOtlE, TOtlE IS LOWER THAN A CARRIER 943-1371 HP 3000 <PRA CIERR 1402)
924-3007 C'r'BRESHARE 943-4488 DATRPAC <1200 BRUD)
924-3009 943-1705 HP 30013 (PRA CIERR (402)
924-3010 INFor1ART .mlNIPEG (1200 BAUD) 943-1856 HP 3000 (PRA CIEF.:R 1402)
924-3011 GI'~ES tlO ID, JUST RSKS FOR NAME & PASSWORD 943-1930
924-31312 943-2282 C N TRRCS MTL
924-3014 HP 301313 (PRA CIERR 1402) 943-2297
924-3015 U of M COMPUTER SCIENCE. 943-2299
924-3017 U of M COMPUTER SCIENCE. 943-2386 0'o/L111 4:5 BKGD
924-3021 RED RIVER r1AHlFRRME (12130 BAIJD) 943-2438
924-3022 RED RIVER MAINFRAME 943-2464
924-3023 RUN ON A BURROUGHS COMPUTER 943-2465
924-3024 TOt~E LOWER THAN CRRRIER, LOWERS OtlE OCTAVE 943-2470
924-3025 943-2475
924-3026 HP 3000 943-2489
924-31331 300 BAUD, BUT NO RESPOtlSE 943-2895
924-3032 CANADIAN AIRCRAFT ENGItlEERHlG COr1PUTINO FACILIT'r' 943-2926 OVLl11 45 BKGD
924-3035 943-4702
924-3036 943-4814 TONE FOR ONE SECO~lD
924-3037 STRAtmE RESPONSE AT 300 BAUD 94:3-5236
924-3039 RSTS - RELIANCE DISTRIBUTERS <12130 BAUD) 943-5500
924-3044 HP 3000 943-5501
924-3045 LOW TO~lE FOR ONE SECOND 943-5520
924-3047 943-5533 OVLlll 45 BKOD
924-3049 LOW TONE FOR THREE SECONDS 943-5714 SL-l SWITCH
924-3050 31313 BAUD, BUT NO RESPONSE 943-5866 SL-l S.JITCH
n4-30:51 RSTS - VIDEON 943-6056 SL-l SWITCH
924-30:57 HP 3000 943-6089
924-30:58 HP 3000 943-6322
924-3062 WPG. REAL ESTATE 943-6340
924-3067 'L" 943-6353
924-3068 LOW TONE FOR ONE SECOtW 943~6354
924-31371 TOt~E FOR ONE SECOt~D 943-63613
924-3072 CASH-EX PA'r'MEtH SERVICE TUTORIAL <TOUCH TONE> 943-6376 OVLl11 45 BKOD
924-3073 CASH-EX PA','NENT SERVICE TUTORIAL (ROTAR'r') 943-6397
924-3074 TONE FOR ONE SECOtW, FOLLO.JED B'r' SHORT BEEP 943-6443
924-3075 GIVES NO ID, JUST ASKS FOR tlAr1E & PASSWORD 943-6464
924-3077 943-6465
924-3080 TOtlE FOR OtlE C;ECUtlD, FOLLm,JED B',' SHORT BEEP 943-6466
924-31381 CASH-EX Pff,'t1E.tH ',;EF. ...II CE (TOUCH TOt'ID 943-6633
924-30:32 I.;ASH-EX PA','r'1EtH :,;ERV I CE (TOUCH TONE) 943-6634
924-:3083 943-6791
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924-3090 CASH-EX PR','r1EtH SERVICE (TOUCH Tot IE ) 943-7218 OVLl11 45 BKOD
924-3091 CASH-EX PA'r'r1EtH SERVICE <TCIUCH TONE) 943-7404
924-3092 CASH-EX PA','r'1EtH SERVICE (TOUCH TotIE) 943-74135
924-3093 CASH-EX PA'r'MEtH SERVICE (TOIJCH TONE) 943-7530 TOHE FOR ONE SECOND
924-3096 943-7539 TDt·lE FOR ONE SECOND
924-3097 943-7642
924-31399 943-39013
924-3100 943-91713
924-3101 943-9186 HP 3000 (PRA CIERR 1402)
924-311'12 943-99313 SL-l SWITCH
924-3114 943-9998
924-3115 944-0011 TELETYPE???
924-3116 944-1041
924-3117
944-8008 HELLO CENTRAL CTOUCH TONE)
924-3118 HP 313130 <PRA CIERR 1402) 947-0099
924-3137 947-0183
924-3138 RED RIVER r'IAItlFRRt1E 947-0189
924-3141 U of M Cor'IPUTER SCIEtlCE. 947-0268 OVLl11 45 BKGD
924-3142 U of M COr1PUTER SCIENCE. 947-(1298 r1NEMOtU C/OVL 111 45 BKOD
924-3143 U of M COMPUTER SCIEt~CE. 947-0408
924-3144 CANADIAt'l AIRCRAFT EHGINEERHm COMPUTING FACILIT'r 947-913137 OVLll1 4:5 BKOD
924-3149 947-9626 SL-l SWITCH
924-3153 947-9654
924-3155 947-9665
924-3157 CAt lAD I Atl A I RCRFiFT EtlGItIEER ItlG Cot'1PUTItm FACI LI T'r' 947-9711
924-3158 CRtIFlD I Atl A I RCRAFT EtlG HIEER Hm Cor'IPUTI tm FAC I L IT'r 947-9715 SL-l SWITCH
924-3159 CAtlRDIAN RIRCRAFT EtlGHlEERH~G Cor1PUTINO FACILIT'r' 947-9744
931-1074 PULSED- TONE FOR TWO SECO~lDS 947-9746 HIGH TDt·lE FOR 3 SECS, THEN CHAHGES TO LO.l TONE
941-2994 SL-l S~nTCH 947-9754
941-2995 SL',-t SWITCH 947-9767
943-ml113 947-9821 t1tlH1OtnC/OVL111 45 BKOD
943-0013 947-9864 Dot1TEX ~JPG <CTRL-E)
943-0032 947-9865 SL-I S~UTCH
943-0042 HHER-CIT'r' GAS 947-9879
943-0044 947-9898
943-0048 947-9938
943-0051 DATRPAC <1200 BAUD) 947-9939 TOtlE FOR ONE SECOND
943-0056 DATAPAC (12013 BAUD) 947-9940 Dr124B VER 54
943-0072 DATAPAC <12130 BAUD) 947-9942 SL-l S.UTCH
943-0087 DATAPAC (12013 BAUD) 947-9977
943-0090 DATAPAC (1200 BRUD) 949-1864 PRGER Cor1PAtW
943-0097 DATAPAC (1200 BAUD) 956-0404
957-1829 U (of W VA)~-2 (300/1200 BAUD)
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SYSTEr:1f1 T~[f1LL Y SPEf1KH~[]
GTE Sprint Overbills built-in modem. It will run both VMS and possihly an 1Iltrix-
32m. a DEC version of AT&T's Unix operating system.
After a $20 million underbilling error earlier this year, a according to sources who have been briefed by DEC
second programming mistake by GTE Sprint has led to representatives.
approximately $75 million worth of calls being incorrectly
billed. Computer Clothing
The second error was caused by GTE Sprint's failure to InffNonrld
adjust the clocks in its switches to account for the change from Very soon, you will be seeing through computer glasses that
daylight standard to daylight savings time on April 27 . Betwecn allow you to see 3-D on your computer monitor. and you11 be
April 27 and the time the error was detected on Mav 15. wearing computer gloves that allow you to hold this image.
customers were over-charged for late-afternoon calls, be~au.~e Antic Software said it will be introducing {!Iasscs. sold with
the switches thought that they were still calling at the normally CAD-3D. a 550 solid modeling program currently available for
expensive day-time rate. GTE Sprint has since merged with US the Atari ST. The heart of the system isa pair of glasses that are
Telecom to create US Sprint. covered by a liquid crystal shutter(I.CS). The glasses are linked
l IS Sprint could not confirm the dollar amount of the to the Atari ST, which will display two sightly different images
mistake. saying only that the error had been corrected and all one-sixtieth of a second apart. At the same time, LCSs on both
hills are being rerun. lenses will open and close rapidly. synchronil.ed to the 6O-times-
farlier this year. Sprint suffered a reported $10 million to 520 per-second rate.
million loss when 10 of the company's 5R switches were not "Normally. your eyes see two different views about three
programmed to record and biIT long distance calls. That inches apart." said Tom Hudson. designer of the CAO
hlunder went unnoticed by the company for more than two program. "The glasses simulate the same thing. to give the
months. viewer the perception of depth on the monitor."
A glove has been desi{!ned that will sense most common hand
FCC Gives Away "Resource" movements. VPI. Research of Palo Alto. California. recently
announced the {!Iove, which can be hooked to a
The Federal Communications Commission has dealt a hlow microcomputer. The {!love can be used in place of cursor keys.
to a proposed rural satellite communications system in the mice. or touch-screen devices.
U.S .. denying it certain radio frequencies. At the same time the It will soon be available for owners of Commodore 64
agency set aside some of those radio frequencies for possible use systems.
by a similar Canadian system. Sensors in front of the computer and in the glove sense where
"They kicked domestic people in the teeth." said Edwin the user's hand is in three-dimensional space. as well as the tilt
Hopper. president of a McCaw Communications subsidiary of the hand and whether the fin{!ers are bent or straight.
that has applied 10 build the satellite system. Kyou can handle objects shown on the ocmputer screen much
The FCC has provided frequencies in the L-hand. The effect as if they were physically real, .Iaron Lanier. founder of VPL
ft

of the different assignment is enormous. The UHF frequencies said. He demonstrated how it allows humans to "grab" a
are a Iso used for cellular telephones and two-way radios. and. computer image of a bouncin{! hall in mid-flight.
with some modification. could communicate with a Mobilesat
system. The I.-band currently isn't used in the U.S.: it is Message On the Move
reserved for future air-traffic control satellites. Asa result. none ('"ommunnlinnoo Wed
of the current cellular telephones or other mobile radios could When customers of General Telephone of Florida move.
communicate with an I.-hand Mobilesat system. people who dial their old number are greeted by a new service
The FCC also earmarked a small portion of the UHF that not only gives out new numhers. but can also relay
frequency to an experimental mobile-communications system. additional information for husinesses. such as the company's
in which an entrepreneur. rather than the government. would business hours or advertisements.
determine how the svstem would be used. "Message on the Move works like this: the operator alerts
ft

The chairman of the FCC', Mark Fowler, also made a plea to the caller to the chan{!e in the phone number. just as the
Congress for the authority to auction off this frequency. The conventional recorded messa{!e would do. But operators also
agency now selects applications by lengthy hearings or by give the caller the company's new address and business hours.
lotterv . For an extra charf!C (to the company that moved) the operator
.. \t;~ a national disgrace to gil'e away this extraordinarily will also read an advertising messa{!e.
valuable resource-spectrum." Mr. Fowler said. The service is one of four introduced by the independent
company. Other services {!ive out names and full addresses to
AT&T Best For Hackers callers who provide phone numbers: restrict eallin{! from
"SA 11 ...lay certain phones: and provide local WATS service.
A study by Oata Communications maga7ine examined long- [Readers. does this mean there are C'NA's for regular
distance carriers from the point of view of transmitting data. people?]
They found: AT& T almost always sets up a modem-to-modem
call faster than its competitors. Average connect times were: Call Rejection In Natchez
10.1 seconds- AT&T. 16.6 seconds-- Western Union. 17.2- I'SA 1('(1:.\
MCI. 17.3-Allnet. 17.9-ITT, and 18.3-Sprint. Call Re.iection is being tested by South Central Bell in
9(JI!; of the time. AT&T sets up a good connection the first Natche7.. Missouri.
try. Allnet was the worst at 3R'?1. It allows one to keep up to six phone numbers from ringing
you. You pro{!ram the numbers into your phone (usin{!
Portable VAXes!!! touchtones) and add a messa{!e(speaking into the receiver) that
will tell those callers that their calls are not welcome.
I lackers can now practice their craft anywhere. even on their The year-Ion{! test recently started and has a 52 monthly
own VAX. charge.
Oigital Equipment Corporation is working on a $7.000 Other services that will be tested are: Call tracing tells
portable M icroVAX that will support as many as 10 users. phone company computers what number last called you.
The hriefcase-si7e computer. called OEC-Star. is already Selective call fowardin{!-sends six selected numhers to
availahle as a prototype. Based on a chip version of OfC"s ,mother number. Oistinctive alert--{!ives a unique rin}! when
32-hit VAX 7RO processor. the machine weighs less than 15 anv of six numbers is calling.
pounds and incorporates communications interfaces and a rOf course. this should encourage the use of pay-phones for
illicit purposes.l
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 LEITERS & NUMBERS (continuedfrom page 3-68)
by issuing the proper commands. you can cause a phone to ring Dear CZMP:
up a second number every tine a user makes an outgoing call. We rea Ill' got a kick out of this letter. We'd like to see a whole
1\ e also heard that the proper command can remotely activate new hohh.l' start here. onlr with 800 numhers that spell strange
a phone's "hands-off' or intercom feature. Are these rumors things. Imagine how red~faced a company would get if they
true. and if so, how do you do it') realized their toll-free number was800-RIP-OFF or someThing
Curious similar? Ahout the heST we couldfind was 800-CA T-PISS. It's a
Dear Curious: trC'l'el service/ credit-card center. Send us more.'
nleSe PBX \ are sofhI'Gre-dri\'en. and everl'thing can be Dear 2600:
('(II/trolled hI' tlping at a kerhoard. Anrfeature of the srstem Recently I had to get a friend's number and address. so I
can he activated or disahled in this way. AlIl'oU need is the called 1-8 I 3-555-1212. I asked forthe phone number and street
access. address. The operator told me that I could have the number.
Dear 2600: but not the address. They said I would have to call 1-813-270-
Are there any phone phreaks out there who deal with phone 8711. So I did. The operator gets on and says, "Customer Name
numbers that spell weird things') and Address". So I give her the number and she gives me the
I first got into this when at my last job I was told that my street number. Now this is at 2:30 in the morning. Most CN A
phone number was 602-TOY -DOGS. All my friends thought it numbers are only open 8:30-4:30. Weird. When I talked to my
was the greatest. And easy to remember. friend. he told me this is new. There is a 75 cent charge to get
Then I found other interesting numbers in the central street numbers in Florida. What next?
Phoenix phone exchange. For example. 602-ASS-HOLE--it Hal-9000/Beast 666
belongs to the Fish Market Restaurant in central Phoenix. I Dear Hal:
don't know if they serve good food. but they sure have a neat This service is starting to pop up in mrious places. We tried
phone number. rour numher and weren 'tahle to get through. Perhaps it only
I tried 602-AIR-HEAD. After I informed the person works from certain places. See page 3-71 of this issue for an
answering of what his phone number spelled, he called me a article on this.
DICK HEAD. What a jerk! 602-APE-SHIT was busy or not A ttention readers: a couple of issues hack. we printed a t.l'PO
answered every time I called. error that appears on all Visa cards (page 3-56). Well. there
602-EAT-SHIT .is a phone in Yuma, Arizona that beeps were actuall\, two of them in the same picture. See if.l'ou can
when you call iLThen I tried the great American bird number find the orher one. Also. some cards have the tlPO in different
602-FUCK-YOU. However, that prefix doesn't exist in the 602 places. hut they all have them somewhere.
area code. Rats! What a number! There was a misprint in last month:~ UNIX article. There is a
And if my phone was TOY -DOGS. I had to try 602-TOY- line in the C program that refers to "huhcap ". This should
CATS. It's purchasing at INTEL. And for all you zealots that aClUall\' he the name of the machine which the user who is
don't like the four-letter words in this letter, you probably attempting to run this program is on. The name of the system
should have the phone 602-CRY -BABY. can be obtained bv tlping the UNIX command UNA ME. We
Captain Zorg Moscow Police can't imagine hOH' this error got bl' us.

BUGS (continuedfrom page 3-65)

RCI is Pile of the smaller companies and canr10t be accessed
from most parts of the countr\'. Odds arc. however. that the
countn is full of small long distancecompanies that haven't
PORTAQUAD
901
gotten around to fixing this bug. Let us know if you find one.
Northern Telecom
If \ou're luckY enough to have a Northern Telecom DMS-
100 as \ our loea I switch. vou'd better be ca reful. These S\\j tcl.u; THE HIGH-GAIN, VERY DIRECTIONAL,
a re electron ic switch ing s\stems a nd they a llow all the standard PORTABLE FOLDING ANTENNA OPTIMIZED
fea t ures Ii ke ca II forwa I'd j ng. ea II wa it ing. etc. One wa v to tell if FOR THE EDUCATIONAL/PUBLIC FM
you haw a DMS-I 00 on \ourend is to listen for M F tones every
BROADCAST BAND, 88-92 MHZ.
time \OU place a call outside \Our loca I ca lling drea. If you hea r
a rapid series of tones immediatel\' after vou dial the number Patented, USA -made, money-back guarantee.
and it happens consistent h. that \ a DMS-I 00. Thn ca II it "the SASE to:
sound of our technolog\ at work", We call it not bothering to Antenna Division, Middlesex Farms
filter out the tones. Box 609
You can tell if the exchange you are c;dliniis on a DMS-100
Hudson, MA 01749
by dialing a number tha t is out of sen'ice. Ihou hea r a series of
MF tones right before the recording or if you hear a ring right
before the recording. odds are the switch is a DMS-IOO.
The bug is simple. If you decide to put call forwarding on
your line and forward all of your calls to another number and
1-800-268-2530 MASTER CHARGE VERIFICATION
you are in a DMS-IOO. something unpleasant will happen. 1-:::00-268-7399 TELCOR <TOROIHO CONPUTER BASED 'T'ELLO~J PAGES)
Callers will be able to know they arc being forwarded because 1-800-387-2682
they will hear the unfiltered M F tones when the call forwarding 1-800-387-2684
1-800-387-2685
kicks in. But that's not a II. Fach M F tone representsa number. 1-800-387-2686
If the caller has a way of figuring out which tones are wha t (not 1-800-387-2687
1-80L)-387-6440 VISA VERIFICATIOtl
a difficult task). he or she will be able to find out the phone 1-800-563-0264 DATAPAC I ~lFORMAT I Ot~
number they are being forwarded to. no matter ho\\ unlisted it 1-800-665-0302 GRASSROOTS
1-800-824-8274 (UtlKNOWN Cor1PAN'T', JUST ASKS FOR PASSWORD)
may be. So much for 1\orthern Telecom and their "techno1o¥\
at work".
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