P/H/A NEWS

950 News -->

Just as in the piracy world,
paranioa has spread rapidly throughout the P/H/A.
Rumors circulating that ALL 950's may soon go ANI
haven't done much to help the situation, nor has the
publicity surrounding Operation Sundevil helped

anything either.  In addition, more frequent busts

have been occurring, especially concerning Execuline
(0511), and ITT (0488), with various reports of code
hackers being billed for hack attempts and what not.
One specific code hacker was busted by Execuline

after hacking Execuline codes for one hour two days
in a row, and was fined $400.  In addition, Execuline
has added a very high pitched tone to invalid codes,
and it seems that both 0488's and 0511's seem to be
dying much faster than they previously had been.

0266's are very hard to come across nowadays, as

expected with their recent jump in ANI detection and
the abundance of numerous trap codes designed to
catch code hackers. 

Mac P/H/A Scene -->

The Mac P/H/A is
growing more pathetic by the hour.  As  compared to
IBM, Apple, and even C-64 boards, Mac boards lag
far, far behind in basic quality and quantity of

material, with a few exceptions.  One of the reasons
for this is the lack of decent code hackers available
for the Mac.  I personally know of only three, and

they are not up to the quality of Code Theif, Fuckin'
Hacker, etc..etc..  None allow multiple extenders,

multiple targets, or even temptlates!  Cheese is the
only reliable one that even works.   

Rad Hacker just plain sucks and has

absolutely no redeeming quality whatsoever, and the
pathetic SpeedHacker (or Phonehack) crashes and

probably isn't worth it anyways.  Also, the percentage
of Mac hackers is very low as compared to IBM

boards, and they also seem to be mucxh less

knowledgable. 

It's up to us to upgrade the quality of the
Mac P/H/A scene.