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Welcome to the Front Page of Influx! We are bringing it back for the enjoyment of you the pirating public! This is the real one, done by the real people, dont be confused. We will be doing this monthly, and will try to reflect all the big news in the pirating scene. Any and all suggestions and comments should be made in seq file form and sent to one of the Influx Infocenters listed in this issue. The management of Influx wishes to thank all of you for all your kind words, and is giving 4 to 1 odds against the words staying kind.... Read on McDuff, its just now getting to be fun!! The Candyman ML for Retards By Speed Demon It is a rare privilege in the life of a bored coder such as myself to be able to contribute to that venerable literary institution, INFLUX. I truly hope that none of you so-called elites out there feel that I'm underestimating your intelligence by writing a column called "ML for Retards." (In point of fact, writing for retards probably doesn't reflect real positively on my own intelligence, either. I'll try not to think about it.) While it's true that this article has been aimed at the reader with the intellect of a sea cucumber, it is my hope that some of you struggling ML'ers out there will benefit from my efforts. If there's a specific topic that you would like to see covered in a future column, drop me a line c/o one of the INFLUX editors, or leave me mail on Candyman's BBS. Since this is doubtless being read by every well-dressed C64 pirate in the free world, I'd like to take this opportunity to say hello to a few people: the INFLUX staff, natch... Last Dragon... Scoot... Blue Adept... and a special yo to the dude who kept on buzzing my VMB with a seemingly endless series of witticisms. Best of luck and God bless. "Think stupid," Rick said. "Start with turning the damn thing on." OK, class, the power switch is where? ...Anyone? Anyone? (Quick cut to "Ferris Bueller"...) Very good, it's on the case of your computer. Carefully, slide it into the 'ON' position. Got all that? Good, I knew you could do it. At this point any non-retards out there are probably getting ready to skip ahead to a less blatantly simple-minded feature. Relax, we'll get to the good stuff in just a few moments here. Let's take a minute to talk about the innards of your computer. At the heart of your C64 is a marvel of technology called a microprocessor. A tiny wafer of silicon no bigger than a U.S. dime, the Motorola 6510A contains thousands of miniaturized electronic circuits. It does one thing, and one thing only: it eats numbers. It breathes numbers. It slices, dices, twists and mangles them. And it does this with amazing speed. But before you can put any of this machine's awesome power to work, you have to learn its language. You can either become familiar with BASIC, the English-like programming language that is built in to your C64, or you can be a real man and wade into the ML jungle. If you were a true retard, you would probably be screaming by now. "Wait! Wait! What's ML?" ML, two ubiquitous and otherwise trivial letters of the alphabet, which when placed together in the context of computer language suddenly become oh-so-significant. ML stands for "machine language", and means exactly what it looks like: the language of the machine. Where BASIC makes some attempt to resemble English words, machine language talks in the native tongue of the computer -- numbers. Lest you be discouraged by the impenetrable mystique with which ML seems to have been imparted over the years, bear in mind the following. You're probably already familiar with BASIC on the C64. If you've ever loaded and run a program, then you've used the BASIC programming language, and BASIC and ML have much in common: both are a means of giving instructions to your computer; both have their own sets of commands, rules and symbols; and both take time to become familiar with. There is nothing mysterious about learning machine language. Like anything else, it takes effort, patience and a nice big bottle of aspirin. Bear with me now, as I, Speed Demon, your safari guide into the silicon wasteland, lead you deeper into the machine language monster. For all its number-crunching power, the modern digital computer is really a pretty stupid machine when it comes right down to the business of numbers. You've probably heard that computers only understand two numbers, 0 and 1. This two-digit number system is known as binary; a binary digit is commonly abbreviated as a "bit". Computers process these bits eight at a time, and one set of eight bits is called a "byte". And would you believe it, there's something else called a "nybble", which is four bits or half of a byte. Cute, eh? The byte is the largest single unit of information that a computer can handle. It just so happens that there are 256 possible combinations of zeroes and ones that will fit into a binary byte. How do we know this? Multiply out the possible combinations for each digit in a byte, and you'll get 2 multiplied by itself 8 times, or 2 to the 8th power if you're into math. The C64 has 65,536 available bytes of memory space, more than you'll ever need for most ML applications. 65,536 just happens to be 2 to the 16th power, or the number of possible combinations of the binary digits in two bytes of information. Seeing as how it has a mere two digits, binary is something of a pain in the behind to work with, which is why most ML people prefer to work with hexadecimal. As its name suggests, the hexadecimal number system uses 16 digits: 0 thru 9, followed by A, B, C, D, E, and F. Two hexadecimal digits can represent the 256 possible values of the eight bits in a byte: 16 to the 2nd power is equal to 2 to the 8th power. Rather than messing around with a bunch of 0's and 1's, hex notation can take the place of binary much more neatly and efficiently. Each hex digit supplants one nybble or four bits, so to represent all the possible values for one byte of data, we can use the hex values $00 thru $FF. The internal architecture of the Motorola 6510A microprocessor is mind-bogglingly complex; fortunately, however, for all you retards out there, only a few details bear mentioning. The 6510 has a number of on-board memory cells known as "registers." These registers function exactly like mini-memory locations, and are used by the processor for all of its operations. The three registers you'll be dealing with are the accumulator (or "A"), which takes care of just about all math processes; the X index register; and the Y index register. There are a couple more registers which don't need to concern you directly: the CC, or condition codes register is a status indicator for a number of math operations; and the PC register, or program counter, is a 16-bit register that is used to keep track of just where the microprocessor is within an ML program. Now that I've cruised through number theory and digital computer design, it's time to get down to the nuts and bolts of machine language. As you might expect, instructions in ML are numbers, not words as they are in BASIC. These numbers are called "opcodes", for operation codes. Each number is tied with a specific instruction. Now, life wouldn't be much fun if you had to remember all those numbers all by yourself, would it? That's why those wild'n'wacky engineers at Motorola came up with a set of mnemonics to go with the opcodes. I can hear the retards murmuring now: "...but what's a mnemonic?" Very simple, a mnemonic is a memory aid. Each opcode has its own 3-letter mnemonic to help you remember the ML instructions. Some examples: LDA stands for "LoaD the Accumulator", INX stands for "INcrement the X index", and BEQ stands for "Branch if EQual". So how do you actually go about getting ML into your C64? You could POKE a bunch of numbers in memory, and then use the SYS command to jump from BASIC to machine code. But there's an easier way. Most of you probably have something called a machine language monitor, even if you don't know exactly what it is or what it does. A monitor is a tool for ML which makes the process of entering and modifying machine code much simpler. Let's pretend you've got your monitor in memory and running, and you're ready to get your feet wet with ML. Type the following (your first ML program): .A 8000 LDA #$41 .A 8002 STA $0400 .A 8005 BRK This program will print the letter "A" at the top left corner of your screen. Hey, I never said you could do raster lines right out of the box, now, did I? This is what ML code looks like. The ^monitor will remember all the nemonics for you, and automatically translate them into opcodes for the microprocessor to read. Let's look at this program one line at a time. .A 8000 LDA #$41 The "A 8000" tells the monitor to begin assembling ML code at memory location $8000. (Whenever the $ sign is used, it signifies a hexadecimal value.) "LDA" stands for LOad the Accumulator, as mentioned above. "#$01" is the value to be loaded into the accumulator, in this case the hexadecimal number $01, which is the screen display code for the letter "A". The # sign indicates a numerical constant. .A 8002 STA $0400 Here, "STA" stands for STore the Accumulator, and "$0400" is the memory location in which the contents of A will be stored. Each memory location in your C64 -- all 65,536 of them -- has its own unique number, or "address". To refer to any given location in memory, you need to be able to tell the computer the address you are working with. In this case, you are telling the microprocessor to store the number held in the A register into memory location $0400, which just happens to be the start of screen memory. Note that no # sign is used here -- this means we are indirectly referring to an address in memory, not actually looking at the address as a number. .A 8005 BRK "BRK" stands for BReaK, and just tells the computer to stop running your ML program and return to the monitor. Not too complex, is it? Now, all you have to do is actually run your program. Clear the screen, and then type: .G 8000 The "G" means Goto, and tells the monitor to jump to machine code starting at memory location $8000, which is where you've just put your program. If you've done everything right, the letter "A" will miraculously appear at the top left of your screen, and the monitor will print out a bunch of status codes which you don't have to worry about right now. If you've been following the tutorial up to this point, you now know a little bit more about the inner workings of your C64, and more importantly, you actually know how to write an ML program! Next month I'll plan to move on to a slightly more advanced level. (Retards beware?) In the meantime, find yourself some books. The single best volume for C64 ML is the "Commodore 64 Programmer's Reference Guide." In it you'll find a complete listing of all 6510 opcodes and mnemonics, plus a bit more information on using a monitor. Also look for "Mapping the 64" from Abacus, or other similar volumes. Best of luck, and see y'all next month. A note to those who have been asking about my apparent disappearance from the scene for the past few months: I kinda dropped out of things for a while to concentrate on school. It was my last quarter at the University of Washington, and I'm happy to say that I graduated on time. Anywayz, I went down to sunny California for a while to kick back in the heat. I've been windsurfing, waterskiing, whitewater rafting and generally hanging out for a while, and I'm just now starting to code the ML again. So here I am, writing for the mighty INFLUX... is life awesome or what?! This is Speed Demon signing off. Elite Geography =============== by Rick! Elites look at things in a different way. That's what makes them elite. One thing that clearly separates the elites from the lamers is in how they look at the world. To the elite, geographic distinctions are grossly ignored. They see the USA by area codes. And so, as a service to you, the loyal reader of Influx, I now present the handy dandy "Elite Guide to North America". If you ever hear an area code you aren't sure about, check the list below. It may just come in handy someday. 201 New Jersey - Newark 202 Washington D.C. 203 Connecticut 204 Manitoba 205 Alabama 206 Washington - Seattle 207 Maine 208 Idaho 209 California - Fresno 212 New York City 213 California - Los Angeles 214 Texas - Dallas 215 Pennsylvania - Philadelphia 216 Ohio - Cleveland 217 Illinois - Springfield 218 Minnesota - Duluth 219 Indiana - South Bend 301 Maryland 302 Delaware 303 Colorado 304 West Virginia 305 Florida - Miami 306 Saskatchewan 307 Wyoming 308 Nebraska - North Platte 309 Illinois - Peoria 312 Illinois - Chicago 313 Michigan - Detroit 314 Missouri - St. Louis 315 New York - Syracuse 316 Kansas - Wichita 317 Indiana - Indianapolis 318 Lousiana - Shreveport 319 Iowa - Dubuque 401 Rhode Island 402 Nebraska - Omaha 403 Alberta 404 Georgia - Atlanta 405 Oklahoma - Oklahoma City 406 Montana 408 California - San Jose 409 Texas 412 Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh 413 Massachusetts 414 Wisconsin - Milwaukee 415 California - San Francisco 416 Ontario 417 Missouri - Springfield 418 Quebec 419 Ohio - Toledo 501 Arkansas 502 Kentucky - Western 503 Oregon 504 Louisiana - New Orleans 505 New Mexico 506 New Brunswick 507 Minnesota - Rochester 509 Washington - Eastern 512 Texas - San Antonio 513 Ohio - Cincinnati 514 Quebec 515 Iowa - Des Moines 516 New York - Long Island 517 Michigan - Lansing 518 New York - Albany 519 Ontario 601 Mississippi 602 Arizona 603 New Hampshire 604 British Columbia 605 South Dakota 606 Kentucky - Eastern 607 New York - Binghamton 608 Wisconsin - Madison 609 New Jersey - Trenton 612 Minnesota - Minneapolis 613 Ontario 614 Ohio - Columbus 615 Tennessee - Nashville 616 Michigan - Grand Rapids 617 Massachusetts - Eastern 618 Illinois - Centralia 619 California - San Diego 701 North Dakota 702 Nevada 703 Virginia - Arlington 704 North Carolina - Charlotte 705 Ontario 707 California - Santa Rosa 709 New Foundland 712 Iowa - Council Bluffs 713 Texas - Houston 714 California - Orange 715 Wisconsin - Eau Claire 716 New York - Buffalo 717 Pennsylvania 801 Utah 802 Vermont 803 South Carolina 804 Virginia - Richmond 805 California - Bakersfield 806 Texas - Amarillo 807 Ontario 808 Hawaii 809 Bermuda - Puerto Rico - The Carribean 812 Indiana - not So. Bend 813 Florida - West Coast 814 Pennsylvania - Altoona 815 Illinois - Rockford 816 Missouri - Kansas City 817 Texas - Ft. Worth 818 California - Pasadena 819 Quebec 901 Tennessee - Memphis 902 Nova Scotia - Prince Edward Island 903 N. W. Mexico 904 Florida - Jacksonville 905 Mexico City 906 Michigan 907 Alaska 912 Georgia - Savannah 913 Kansas - Topeka 914 New York - White Plains 915 Texas - Sweetwater 916 California - Sacramento 918 Oklahoma - Tulsa 919 North Carolina - Raleigh nmi dIGIS aND tHE dEAtH OF sHORt mUSIC by reverb yO ALL... tHIS ARtICLE DEALS WItH nmi DIGItAL SOUND MUSIC ON tHE 64, AND WHY YOU DON't HEAR tHIS AWESOME MUSIC ENOUGH. FIRSt OF ALL, nmi DIGIS ARE DIGItIZED SOUNDS WHICH ARE SEt IN tIME WItH A PIECE OF MUSIC ON tHE 64.YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD 'EM BEFORE... tHEY ARE tHE ONES WItH tHE KILLER DRUMS AND tHE VOICES AND HORN HItS AND SO ON IN tHE MIDDLE OF A TUNE. tHE MOSt WIDELYKNOWN EXAMPLE OF tHIS WOULD HAVE tO BE usa'S outrun MUSIC DEMO. tHE MUSIC FOR tHAt HAS A LOt FO GOOD CLEAN SOUNDS, LIKE VOICES SAYING 'hIt It' AND 'oUtRUN', PLUS A COUPLE GOOD HORN HItS. nOW FOR tHE BAD NEWS: dEMOS ARE tHE ONLY PLACE YOU'RE LIKELY tO HEAR tHESE tUNES, AND tHE REASON IS SIZE. a GOOD BASS DRUM SOUND CAN tAKE ABOUt 5 DISK BLOCKS IN ItSELF. nOt BAD, BUt that'S JUSt A sound. aDD tHE FACt tHAt YOU MIGHt HAVE 6 DRUM SOUNDS (At A MINIMUM) AND SOME VOICE DIGIS tHAt tAKE UP ABOUt 20 BLOCKS A PIECE, and tHE MUSIC ItSELF, and tHE dRIVER, AND YOU'RE tALKING MEGABIG. fOR EXAMPLE, tHE outrun DEMO, WItH AN INtRO tHAt tAKES MAYBE 15 BLOCKS CRUNCHED, EVEN tHOUGH It IS HEAVILY CRUNCHED ItSELF, tAKES UP A GOOD 130 OR SO BLOCKS. UNCRUNCH tHAt AND YOU SEE WHY YOU DON't HEAR tHESE tUNES OFtEN. nO ONE IN tHEIR RIGHt MIND IS GOING tO USE 150+ BLOCKS OF MUSIC FOR AN INtRO tHAt tAKES 10 BLOCKS OF CODE ItSELF. tHE SPACE ISN't WORtH tHE COOL SOUND. wHAt WE NEED tHEN IS MORE DEMOS WItH tHIS MUSIC, BUt tHE PROBLEM IS NO ONE KNOWS HOW OR WHERE tO FIND A MUSIC WRItER tHAt USES nmi DIGIS. science 451 (MAINLY kARL xii) RELEASED bEAtBOX cREAtOR A WHILE BACK, BUt It HASN't BEEN used tOO OFtEN, MAINLY BECAUSE NO ONE wANtS tO tAKE tHE tIME tO FIGURE OUt HOW tO EDIt MUSIC ON It, AND tHAt'S A WAStE, BECAUSE tHIS PROGRAM IS ONE OF tHE BESt OUt tHERE. nOt ONLY DOES It LEt YOU MAKE YOUR OWN MUSIC EDItOR WItH YOUR OWN DIGIS, BUt It ALSO HAS ONE OF tHE FAStESt MUSIC ENtRY EDItORS AROUND, AND ONE OF tHE MOSt COMPLEtE SOUND EDItING MENUS AROUND. tHE tHING tHAt tHROWS PEOPLE IS tHE FACt tHAt YOU HAVE tO ENtER YOUR DRUM tRACK USING NUMBERS INStEAD OF NOtES, IN BLOCKS OF 36 DRUM BEAtS PER MEASURE. tO DO tHIS, YOU HAVE tO ENtER A MEMORY LOCAtION (FROM $9000 tO ABOUt $9700) IN tHE drum tRACK, HIt REtURN ON tHAt tRACK tO GEt tO tHE EDIt SCREEN, AND tHEN ENtER tHE DRUMS INtO mEMORY. tHIS SOUNDS LIKE A PIAN, BUt It IS REALLY PREttY EASY tO DO, AND IF YOU WANt tO CALL A MEASURE OF DRUMS IN MORE tHAN ONCE, tHE ONLY tHING YOU HAVE tO DO IS tYPE tHE MEMORY LOCAtION OF YOUR DRUM tRACK IN At tHE MEASURE YOU WANt It tO PLAY. (nOtE: tHE NUMBERS WHICH CORRESPOND tO EACH DRUM SOUND ARE tHE NUMBER IN WHICH YOU INStALLED tHE DRUM SOUND IN tHE cREAtOR.) otHER tHAN tHIS, aLL i CAN SAY IS YOU NEED tO JUSt FOOL WItH tHE PROGRAM tO FIGURE OUt HOW tO WRItE WItH It. tHE EDItOR WAS WRIttEN BY cHRIS hUELSBECK, WHO DOES SOME OF thE BESt 64 tUNES AROUND. 'nUFF SAID. nOW tHAt YOU HAVE YOUR MUSIC WRIttEN, AND YOU'RE DOING A DEMO tO SHOWCASE It, YOU NEED tO KNOW A FEW tHINGS ABOUt nmi DIGItAL SOUNDS. nmi, AS YOU KNOW, MEANS nON mASKABLE INtERRUPt. tHE BIGGESt PROBLEM WItH DIGI MUSIC (OtHER tHAN ItS SIZE) IS tHE FACt tHAt WHEN tHE MUSIC REACHES A DRUM SOUND, It StOPS tHE SOFtWARE CLOCK tO PLAY tHE DRUM SOUND AND tHE MUSIC tOGEtHER. tHAt DOESN't SOUND LIKE A PROBLEM UNtIL YOU REMEMBER tHAt WHEN tHAt DRUM SOUND HItS, It IS GOING tO tHROW RAStERS tO HELL AND BACK, AND BLOW YOUR SPRItE SINUES AND SCROLLS OUt OF tHE WAtER INtO JIttERLAND. tHERE IS NO REAL WAY AROUND tHIS WItHOUt REALLY LAMING UP tHE SOUND QUALItY, SO tHERE IS ONE tHING YOU SHOULD DO INStEAD. dON't WORRY ABOUt FANCY RAStER BARS AND BOUNCING SCROLLS; YOUR MUSIC IS tHE CENtER OF tHE DEMO. iNStEAD, HAVE A MESSAGE tHAt CHANGES EVERY FEW SECONDS, MAYBE A COLOR FLASH IN tHE tEXt, BUt NOtHING tOO FASt, BECAUSE WHEN mR. dRUM sOUND KNOCKS ON tHE DOOR AND SAYS It'S HIS tIME tO PLAY, HE'S GONNA KNOCK tHAt SCREEN ON ItS' ASS. sO tAKE It EASY, AND LEARN tO WORRY ABOut tHE MUSIC, NOt SCROLLS. aNOtHER tRICK tO REMEMBER COMES INtO PLAY WHEN YOU ARE RECORDING YOUR SOUNDS. i RECORD MY SOUNDS ON A FRIEND'S aMIGA USING fUtURESOUND HARDWARE, BECAUSE tHE aMIGA HAS A MUCH FAStER CLOCK SPEED AND tHEREFORE CAN SAMPLE At A LOt HIGHER RAtES (MEANING CLEANER SOUNDS). i USUALLY SAMPLE At 4,000 mHZ (4K WORtH OF SOUND PER SECOND) FOR DRUMS, AND 8,000 mHZ FOR VOICE. i USE A CONVERSION PROGRAM tO tRANSFER tHE aMIGA iff FILES tO 64 .raw FORMAt USING dIGIPLAYER 2.0, WHICH IS A pd UtIL (YES, tHERE ARE some tHINGS IN pd YA CAN't FIND IN PIRAtELAND). tHIS ALSO SQUEEZES OUt A LOt OF SPACE, AND WILL tAKE A tEN BLOCK aMIGA iff SOUND tO ABOUt 6 BLOCKS IN tHE 64 .raw FORMAt. i RECORD SEVERAL WORDS At ONCE, SPLIt tHEM UP ON tHE aMIGA, AND SAVE tHEM INDEPENDENtLY. tHIS WILL KILL A LOt OF YOUR SCREEN PROBLEMS, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE AN 8K VOICE SAMPLE PLAYING, It'S GOING tO tAKE A LONG PAUSE tIME FROM tHE RESt OF YOUR DEMO, BUt IF YOU HAVE tWO 4K SAMPLES, tHE 64 WILL tAKE A BREAK FROM tHE INtERRUPt BEtWEEN tHEM tO CONtINUE YOUR PROGRAM. tHAt'S tHE BESt tHING tO REMEMBER: kEEP DIGI'S SMALL, AND tHEY WON't CAUSE PROBLEMS. otHER tHAN tHAt ALL i CAN SAY IS KEEP WRItING tHEM, BECAUSE tHE WORLD NEEDS MORE KICK 64 MUSIC DEMOS. sLAtEZ, rEVERB BullShit -------- by:X-Man Yo this is the infamous 'X-Man' (hehe)! Ok I would like to take this space for some thanks and apologys. First for the apologys I would like to apologize to Ouija for the uncalled for remarks about him in one of my latest releases called 'true20/x-man' ! For the record his board is one of the top 20 boards! And he really isn't such a bad dude! For those you you who think that I am 'kissing ass' i say: 'FUK OFF' Now for the thanks! And these go to Oahawhool and Candyman, about 2 months ago you would never had heard of X-Man, but thanxz to Joe and Dave I am now around on all of the 'ELITE BOARDS'. And for those of you who may remeber someone called 'X-Man', I was in 'XPB' before it had changed hands, when it was ran by Space Cow Boy but then some shit happened! Laid-Her X-Man COMPUTER FRAUD RAID NETS TEEN HACKERS! Copied from the Nashville Tennessee local newspaper Written to disk by Ouija! DETROIT- Secret Service Agents smashed Wednesday what they described as a costly,sophisticated computer hacking network and were surprised to discover it made up largely of teen-agers,in- cluding two Sterling Heights,Michigan, eighth graders. The computer systems of more than twenty companies and organizations, including the Michigan Department of Treasury,Home Box Office cable television service and RCA Telephone System Sales,were infilitrated by the Michigan teen-agers,according to agents serving search warrents across the USA. Federal officials said the infilitrations by the network represented fraud of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND to 1.5 million in misapp- ropiated goods,telephone and computer time.Officials are still trying to un- cover the full array of goods and services involved. Agents expected to arrest some adults when they swept down on eight persons who allegedly ran the network in several states.Instead they found the Sterling Heights pair,both 14; an adult in Chicago,two teen-agers in Columbus, Ohio;two teen-agers in Boston,and a teenager in Atlanta.Ageents expected to make another arrest in Los Angeles. Officials said at least 55 other people nationwide made use of the network's information. In Sterling Heights,Secret Service agents went to two homes.When they determined that the adults there were not involved,the eighth-graders were pulled out of Heritage Junior High School and questioned in the presence of there parents,who apparently were unaware of there activities,the Secret Service said. James huse,special agent in charge of the U.S. Secret Service office in Detroit,said the youths admitted to involvement in the scheme. " They got hooked into this because of their fascination with the medium," he said."They gained access to telephone access codes and finacial institutions' access codes which could be used by them to obtain free phone services and property.This is the kind of crime we are going to deal with more and more in the Twentieth Century as we move into a cashless society." He said the eighth-graders,because they are juveniles, cannot be charged under under federal law and will be dealt with by local juvenile authorities. Authorities believe the mastermind is Lynn Doucett,35,of Chicago.She was arrested Wednesday and is cooperating with authorities,Huse said. Doucett, who was previously convicted in Canada of telecommunications fraud, supports herself and two chilren through her hacking activities, which include using stolen or counterfeit credit cards for cash advances or money orders,according to an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court. According to the affidavit Doucett has held telephone conferences with hackers across the the country and in at least one phone call conversation last December,she taught a fellow hacker how to get ID numbers from AT&T credit card holders. If convicted she faces up to 10 years in prison and a two hundred and fifty thousand dollar fine. Huse said the hacking scheme was uncovered after a real estate company in Rolling Meadows,Ill.,noticed unusual activity in its computer mail services system (VMB). According to the affidavit the "hacker attacks" on the company in January became "so frequent that sometimes they virtually 'took over' the VMB computer by changing the passwords to deny access to the assigned users". Federal officials said that between March 1 and March twenty-seventh, the eight main hackers made 717 calls to the real esate company's voice mail service. The two Sterling Heights teen-agers whose computer "handles" or code names are "Untouchable" and "Outsider",allegedly made 101 of the calls. Agents on Wednesday seized a computer,several boxes filled with discs and log books with itemized recordings of computer transactions from the home of each of the two teen-agers. "They kept perfect records,almost to a fault," Huse said. He said the parents of one of the teen-agers were particularly angered recently when they recieved a $3,800 dollar telephone bill that they suspect is linked to their son's computer activity. Dave Ewart, a security representative offo Michigan Bell, said hacker operations are costly to long-distance companies. "Five years ago it was estimated that the telecommunications industry was losing a half billion dollars because of hacking activities," Ewart said. Good luck to you guys that got nailed and to those who didn't give my board a call!! Ouija Board:615/352-3861 The Shaolin Monastery Group News After losing our "supposed" original supplier, THE GAMER, TSM was presumed out of commission... After NEC took him in, he got into a car accident... After he recovered and came back home, mysteriously, our other "supposed" original supplier - ROCKY, quit and joined NEC... Whether it was Gamer's doing or not, NEC'S monopolizing plans have backfired... It will be a COLD DAY IN HELL before they take over! TSM'S POLICY - NO SHAREDATA WARES! Like you've all been told time and time again, don't believe everything you hear. NEC'S stupid claim that if they didn't put those lame wares out, we would... That's not true. They're trying to make what they are doing "ok" by saying we would do it if they didn't... TANGLED TALES - Another subject of controversy... First of all, it's not a real crack. A real crack can be fast copied and should fit on 35 tracks... If it can't it should be made to be... If any of you have bad alignment on your drives, just think what will happen when the head is always moving out to tracks 36-38. How could the game say "cracked" before the fix came out to crack it? Such a shame... MEMBERS - The Hell Hacker Rad Man Blue Devil Warp Factor Ice The Jacahan WORKING CRACKS - Is a phrase you can count on from The Shaolin Monastery... And believe me, you'll see them... MISCELLANEOUS - The group is doing fine. Our programmer is on vacation and has been for a month... He will be returning shortly... As for originals, bbs's, etc... That's all covered... There have been many additions to the group, and many alterations... Not so noticable, not yet anyway... So let me end this with - LOOK FOR MORE CRACKS FROM THE ONE AND ONLY SHAOLIN MONASTERY! VERY, VERY SOON... ALL 100% OF COURSE! THE HELL HACKER INFLUX/ASSOCIATE EDITOR //The 'old' FBR Hq.// Pirates come and go every month on the 64, but there are very few left that can remember the day years ago when FBR Hq. came onto the scene. the new hot spot to get the FBR warez. Even fewer are the pirates that became elite without looking through some old FBR games and getting the bbs #'s off the scrolls. Well, due to the circumstances of time and fate, FBR Hq. was forced to close its doors to the pirating public. Those elite among you who wish to continue receiving that hospitality FBR is known for, should contact the 615 FBR bbs, Candyland. A kik-ass bbs, it is one of the few left that this reporter will recommend. As a final farewell gesture, the last bbs-log follows, an epitaph of eliteness. 'When you do something fer four years you can't help getting good at it!' Oahawhool, FBR Sysop ******************************* GIZMO (#10) 2400 Logon at 5:29 pm 10 Message from GIZMO THURS., 7/27 5:39 pm y0.....where be my NA?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??? i ony have 9999 so.......... DL: 1!baal usa/fbr DL: 2!baal usa/fbr DL: 3!baal usa/fbr DL: 4!baal usa/fbr DL: 1!baal usa 2/fbr DL: 2!baal usa 2/fbr DL: 3!baal usa 2/fbr DL: 4!baal usa 2/fbr Logoff at 6:33 pm Connect time 56 minutes. Lost Carrier POLYPHEMUS (000-000-0000) 1200 Logon at 8:37 pm Message from POLYPHEMUS THURS., 7/27 8:41 pm ok, how does this sound, i will give you an 81 drive for acess on this board with a thousand credits, if you agree to this idea let me know you have my voice line # Logoff at 8:44 pm Connect time 5 minutes. THE GAMER (#22) 2400 Logon at 12:08 am 22 Message from THE GAMER FRI., 7/28 12:10 am Yo joe did you find out what crawled up tbb ass, must be the summer heat. mark DL: 1!baal usa/fbr DL: 2!baal usa/fbr DL: 3!baal usa/fbr DL: 4!baal usa/fbr Logoff at 1:21 pm Connect time 36 minutes. Lost Carrier FIGHTING FALCON (305-454-6359) 1200 Logon at 1:40 pm Message from FIGHTING FALCON FRI., 7/28 1:40 pm Hey dude, I was sent here by Rowdy Rob. He says his cousin lives next to u. Well i got plenty of warez. Some refrences are Rowdy Rob, Rambo, Virus, Snowman, H A W K, and Hat Trick. latah. Fighting Falcon Logoff at 1:47 pm Connect time 5 minutes. ROWDY ROB (601-476-7446) 1200 Logon at 1:59 pm Message from ROWDY ROB FRI., 7/28 1:59 pm yo dude..do you answer your feedback? well? cause i been trying to get revalidated..i do call overseas now and my main imports are pananaro warez..well, sl8z..by the way..referen Ouija, Candyman, Man of War, and a few others..if u need some more, u know my voice #..either call me to tell me I'm validated or call me and tell me I'm not..thanx..sl8z RR/KKK/WEB Logoff at 2:02 pm Connect time 2 minutes. TASKMASTER (416-558-6574) 1200 Logon at 10:02 pm Message from TASKMASTER FRI., 7/28 10:03 pm ... dude! It's me again... Look I am looking for a group to join and FBR looks cool. I know you guys are legends and all that shit but I just quit my lame-ass group and feel it is time to get into a USA group or maybe a Euro... I have a standing offer from FUN but I am still thinking that one over... So what do ya say? If you have never seen my work (I am a programmer) call me and I'll send you some stuff to look at... I have talked to wanderer so I am not fake... If you don't want me in FBR could you at least give me Raster Blaster's number so I can get into Venom? Thanks... Infernal Overkill: 416-664-6399 ^ my elite BBS! Taskmaster... I wanna join! Logoff at 10:06 pm IRONMAN (216-643-5351) 1200 Logon at 1:30 pm Message from IRONMAN SAT., 7/29 1:31 pm Ok well elite of the elite, eh? hehehe.. well here i am.. You should know, if you don't then yer not as hot as you think. My refs: Tape/Unibit, Ken/Fire Eagle, Daniel/Falcon, Paco/Pan, Denny/Dom, Tri-Dos/Pan, Bam Bam/Pan, Kreator/Unibit, Metallica/Unibit, Peter/Solar, Sulu/DCS, Stein/Legend, Roger/Fire Eagle, Rico/Hotline, USA: Candyman, Colormage, Hercules, Warped Fucker, Egghaed, Jimmy Z, Flyboy, Bit Bandit, Phantasm, Warewolf Blue Devil, and many many many more Boards i call: Addiction, Wares Galore, Candyland, Cycloid Guild, Destroy, Downtown, Hotland and many many more.. Ironman... i require access.. Logoff at 1:36 pm Connect time 5 minutes. watta joke huh? well, good luck 64. 'live long and phreak' CALL THESE INFLUX INFOCENTERS!!!!! ALL 2400 0 DAYS WILD WAREZ (313) 987- 6637 WAREZ GALORE (206) 946- 0245 CANDYLAND (615) 333- 6561 Wake your family,take your piss, get that microwave popcorn out,its time for the novel of the year,yes, The History of Warez Galore ! Published and written by Jimmy z! It all started on a calm,sunny day when i was digging my 20 foot trench for my new phone line. Now,i had called out prior to this,but,i hadnt really made a name for myself,yet! I juggled through countless names for my new bbs,Jimmy's Place,The Sanctuary,The Far Side,and Plain Jimmy's. Then,it hit me,while i was walking down the mall and saw,Toys Galore! Hey,how about Warez Galore!? I raced home and make my first tit- le screen,yes,i can draw,but,not that good! I called every bbs i was on(Phantom Guild,Hollywood's bbs(cant remember name),Golden Shower of Warez,etc) & posted my # everywhere! Of course, locals called(who i deleted 3 weeks later!),so,i had to val them. When i came home and saw 7 out-of-state users called,I JUMPED FOR JOY! Every one was validated,and,one of them was Kid Quick(who i deleted,then,let back on). Then,JNP,X-Factor,and Dr. Dysan called. JNP was posting about this new group he was forming called, [T]he [E]nternal [F]orce. I jumped into chat and asked JNP if i could be a bbs for them. The next day i was TEF#1(X-Factor had the HQ). About a month or two of only rel- easing 3-4 things,this new group named HMC(heavy metal crackers,if i had known the name before i joined, i would have Changed IT!) was just about to release Skate or Die,which we did release,but,too bad it didnt work,but,i was now TEF#1 & HMC HQ! At this time also,my bbs was doing real well,Ultra Sonic and Alley Kat/ PE were on,and,i didnt really need to call out too much to get my warez . Then,a guy by the name of Sinbad called. He had just quit TWB(only in for a week or so..) was was going to start a new group called Special Effects,with HIM,me,and the Cult(the same one in XDS!). So,it sounded cool enough,so,i dropped TEF and HMC and joined SFX! Now,we did pretty good. We released a few things,and,some pirates began to notice. One day,Alley Kat called and wanted to chat. He was wondering if SFX and PE could Merge as one! I was very happy,pe was more prestigous than SFX. But,if we could merge,hey! So,TAV(the avengers) came to birth! Me,sinbad,Alley Kat,Alien,Natas Kaupas,Cult,Nomaad,and Longshot! Guess what happened?? Like what lame groups do now,we released a re- release and got ragged on on Pira- Ted's VMB(305). Alley Kat didnt like that too much,and,a guy by the name of perplexor had just joined TAV. Alley Kat,Alien,and Perplexor spilt and re-formed PE. I was pissed,i wanted to be in PE too,but,perplexor (john) was putting up his own bbs & wanted to be the hq and only bbs,so, i was stuck with the lame TAV. There was a guy by the name of Kill Bane(the same on that was in AT&T, wow!),and,he wanted me to join TST, 2010. What the heck right? TAV is lame and tst released a few good things,so i joined. I didnt know what the initials stood for,so,i cal led our VMB,and,it said: 'Thanks for calling the SUPER- Troopers voice mailbox..',etc,etc, I LAUGHED SO HARD! But,what could i do,i just joined. But,we pulled a TAV,we re-relea sed and put out DEMOS!!! NOOOOOOO!!! Several groups knew about our lame ness,and,decided to share it with everyone by putting out a demo by the Survivors(boba fette,satan,etc). The members called me and started saying stuff about us. How could i defend a group that re-released and put out demos?? I couldnt,but,i could rag on Boba Fette's bbs,even though he was in the best group,my bbs still BLEW his away! My bbs,even though i was in TST,was doing real good and i also had one of the best title screens ever made by Phase 7! Just like all the other groups,i bailed. TAV was still around! Sinbad hadnt dropped it and the cult was still in it,and,they were releasing. I called up Sinbad,i was there HQ again! There was a new face,The Sorcerer( lee). Now,TST wasnt too happy about my departure,so,they started a war with us. They teased Glen's mom and the phone and glen got his computer taken away for a week or so. Some- how,we got in a war with JFA also, who,at the time,i had no idea even exsisted. Now,tav wasnt the best group,but,we had some what of a rep, and JFA was some new group filled with locals,and,one of those locals (not mine,301),was Mandrake. Somehow the war quit with a couple of demos released,and,i hve no idea who won. Alley Kat quit Pe because he didnt like John that much,and,INC was springing up. The released Predator and a couple of other thing s and they were involved in a war with a 1 or 2 or whatever day member . I cant remember his name,but,it started with a 'c',comienx or some- thing like that(i think he thought he was a member,but,wasnt). Well,Me,The Sorcerer,and Natas Kaupas(maybe cult too,cant remember) didnt like sinbad's attitude,he never seemed to wanna tell us any- thing,so,we split and started our own group called New Image(NIM). We later talked to Sinbad and stra- ighted it out and went back to TAV. Right Now,PE,RAD,TS,FBR,and ESI were doing good(and abyss),pe was Perplexer,Alley Kat(quit and re-join ed many times),Youngking,Death Rock er,Code Breaker,Wasteland,etc...), FBR(Death Demon,Phobiac,The Knyte, Oahwhool,etc),INC(Shark,the butcher (i think at this time,maybe later), and ABYSS(Changeling,Doppleganger, Longshot,Raster Blaster,and Whip- lash. This was also the time of the big ESI VS NEPA war,(nfi was allies with NEPA). Sinbad was good friends with Pira-ted,so,somehow,and,master kracker said we werent,but,somehow ,we were in NFI. Now,ESI and NEPA were turning people in,so,we had to change our name,to Phoenix,and,i had to make my bbs with no group,but,we were actually in Phoenix,but,tried to hide it so ESI didnt know. This was getting REAL boring,we didnt do much and i didnt like this idea,and,longshot of abyss was on my bbs and was also co on my bbs along with the shark. Whiplash of ABYSS had just got busted by 8 black limo's and feds,so,there was no ABYSS HQ. I asked if i could be,my bbs was qualified,it was kicking and a lot of wars were going on(too many to remember). Within a week,i was ABYSS HQ!!!!! We lasted for a long time. I could- nt believe i was in ABYSS. I wrote down every release we did on the calendar. Later,TLD joined and Kid Quick. So,we now had 2 bbs's,then three because the sorcerer had just joined,tav was now dead,and,tld was also a member of TAV). We added also Peacemaker. Now,if you knew Don,he did a lot of im- porting,but,he liked to jump around! He was in PE before coming to ABYSS. He had a lot of enemies,and,thats when we hit our decline. Dop and Ch- angeling quit the 64 and were try- ing to get amiga's,longshot's com- puter was busted,and,so were we. We called it quits as i wrote the [abyss] demise! I was sad! But,There was a group ILLUSION doing real good,and,CMAN was on my bbs,and,got me to join! I was Illusion hq with Big Man and Satan. About this time also,aftershock was released(actually about 2 months ago,i was still in ABYSS before Don joined..). Aftershock was awe- some,and,Changeling's page was the best and JNP was getting alot of heat because a lot of people thought he page was lame and there wasnt a whole lot to it. Well,illusion died real quick,every one got lazy and didnt do anything, so,i joined Firewalker's and CMAN's group,EPIC! Then shortly after, the ORIGINAL Pyscho Pirate joined! And,the Duplicator joined INC and shark and the butcher had a heated battle. It was great for awhile,but,we stop ped doing stuff and a lot of people joined and hadnt let me know since they didnt call me much. Longshot,the one that was in ABYSS, not MSI,was coming back with his group AAB(above and beyond),so,i joined. Longshot's computer broke AGAIN,and,the lord didnt do anything ,so,i joined MAYHEM! Mayhem was kicking with Gazoo, Mustang,Judge Dredd,Abdullah,Stormy, etc..then the scandal! Mustang at the time sold his 64 stuff and Abdullah wasnt in and the lord was a member. There was a BIG war on my bbs between the lord and rab doe(actually,everyone vs rab doe),and,the lord didnt have rabby's #,and,i wouldnt give it to him(i dont give out voice #'s!). So,mayhem was going down the tubes because judge dredd's powerpack was screwed and he had full access on my bbs. I came home,saw that my log and bbs was screwed and that someone had used rab doe's pw and posted his #,etc like that and said a bunch of stuff! Users keep saying it was the lord who screwed my bbs,because they thought he had high access,whi- ch he didnt. I later learned,from a source,that the lord called up Judge Dredd,got his pw,used it and got rab doe's stats,and,d.led the pw module. I called up Judge Dredd and asked if he did give the lord his pw,and,he said 'yes'. I quit May- hem. The bad thing was that hawk, the assassin,and the lord had EVERY ONE's pw! Sharky,my co,called a lot of users to change their pw,and,i caught them alot of times logging on as others,and,if you knew hawk and billy,we werent friends,but, that will be explained later. RFO was doing real good,so,i joined . We didnt seem to do that good and they i hadnt heard from them for 3 weeks. I had no idea what was goin g on,and,no one was calling me! (sorry guys!). So,i quit,and,joined the best group out today,EXODUS! Still kicking ass and always will! Im re-united with my good buddy gazoo(was in mayhem with me). Now,this isnt everything,i cant remember everything. Its been up for more than 2 yrs,its hard to re- member everything! Now,some of you may wonder how i got the nickname 'the general!'. My buddy(not really) Prowl gave it to me. He once called here using some other ESI or friend's pw and received some e-mail saying 'post every call or your deleted!'. So,he called me 'the general!'. Now,prowl and i have become enemies because for a long time,we both ran the best bbs's in the country,and,he didnt like me because i was his only competition, and,i wasnt in ESI and sometimes i wasnt even in a group and was doing real good and still the best. We arent in a war,but,who won the battle of bbs's? I STILL run the best bbs (im not trying to sound egostistical (sp!),but,my users say i do and its always stuck with me),and,look at his . Its slide down to 6-7-8th place. Im still the on the top of the moun- tain! I've also inherited the name,WARS Galore since thats almost always hap- peing on my bbs! I have had lots of famous wars,and,a lot of demos have come out about the wars,by satan/wan- derer,shark,mandrake,jnp,sinbad,etc! There was INC vs Zap,conquest vs rampar,tav vs tst,jnp vs mandrake, mandrake vs shark,tld vs mandrake, tld vs shark,and,the one of the most famous,the Triple Alliance(rampar, hawk,and WHY(buthcers group after splitting INC) agaisnt EPIC,INC,and everyone else. WE WON! There have been alot more,but,i cant remember! Hawk vs Everyone... Now,i dont have alot of enemies,but hawk has been one of them. I started him off. Tld called me up one day and asked if i would let him on because he was gong to provide us with codez, boxes,etc. Which he did,and,was known for his hacking ability. We became real good friends,but,then,he started to have a BIG EGO problem! Some rea- son i gave him co access and he lee- ched all the time! I got mad,and,took his access away! He was MAD! I didnt really care,so,he posted stuff about me on here and on other bbs's,and,as you know,i dont call out,so,i couldnt really respond. He started to just connect on my bbs for only 1 minute everytime he called,so,i deleted him! He got mad at me and INC,since INC was kicking,and,he didnt like any of the Las Vegas pirates;the dup- licator,psycho pireate,jon doe, villain,etc. Suddenly,they all got busted,and,a lot of pirates thing (think) hawk did it since INC was kicking and hawk didnt like shark too much! We have never gotten along since.. BUMMER!!!! Time goes on,and,so does my bbs,still flying and still the best for 2 yrs! I think i have made a mark on computer piracy! Some users think of my bbs has 'home',and,al- most all of the war demos you have seen have originated from my bbs. And,i love it! WARS GALORE Cont's! Welp,im real tired,and,this took me awhile,and,im sure alot of users remember and some probably remember more than i do..but,its hard to rem- ember 2+ yrs or pirating! My oldest user: The Shark! Welp,im signing off,thanks for reading and not skiping over it! jimmy z!/TEF,HMC,SFX,TAV,TST,TAV, NIM,TAV,PHOENIX,ABYSS!, ILLUSION,EPIC,AAB,MAYHEM, RFO,and E X O D U S !!!!! ELVIS IS ALIVE AND IS AN ELITE PIRATE! ====================================== The investigative team of reporters at Influx dare EVERYTHING to print the unprintable, to share to you, the discerning reader, the shocking facts we have uncovered. As Robert Ripley allways said, "Believe it....or NOT!" After his divorce, Elvis Presley went on a self indulgance benge. He tried EVERYTHING to sastify every desire he ever had...women...drugs...even chili dogs from Busch Stadium. But nothing seemed to work. Play his song, "Don't be cruel" backwards, and you here a voice say "I wish I was in New Jersey" Play "Falling in love with you" backwards, and you'll hear "Hey, dude, I really like the women in New Jersey." Our crack team of reporters have discovered the following facts...That Elvis faked his death, went to a plastic surgeon and had his appearance altered drastically. He then went to New Jersey, paid an Italian family to stay with him, and he started playing with his new toy, A Commodore 64 computer system. Years passed. Elvis was able to enjoy the peace and quiet of being a non-celebrity, and turned his interests into Hacking, Phreaking, and collecting huge amounts of software for his commodore 64, which he lovingly refered to as "Lisa Marie". His cover was blown when, while at a visit to Candyman's house, he got incredibly upset when Mrs. Candyman said that Elvis was a no good bum that was better off dead. Really got you hot under the collar, didn't it OAHAWHOOL? Thats right folks, we at Influx have POSITIVE PROOF that the pirate we all have known as Oahawhool is really none other than THE KING!! It didnt mean much when he strolled up to the Candymansion wearing his blue suede shoes with his hips swinging like a broken joystick, you could have passed off the incredibly WIERD hairstyle, even alibied away the fact that in 3 weeks his right leg NEVER quit shaking. All that could have been overlooked. Then the singing in the shower started... It was like a gross Nashville Nightmare, the constant wailing of Love me Tender as he went into the john with the Playboy issue of Jessica Hahn. We thought at first you were just growling at the dog when your lip snarled up, little did we know who was sleeping in the laundry room down in the basement.... Facts: 1-I have NEVER seen sequins on a disk case, why on yours OAHAWHOOL/ELVIS? 2-You kept calling Steve(if it really WAS Steve), Colonel! 3-Your eyes teared up on Music Row. 4-Explain that Bolivian Bank Acct. 5-Your phone numbers add up to the exact sum total of Elvis's Social Security Number!! 6-You kept referring to Candybroad as Priscilla on accident!! You, the public may think this is all a coincidence, but we have more proof. Confess now Oahelvis or we will be forced to reveal the photos!! Stay tuned next week for more of this story and also for the answer of the question that is haunting everyone, 'Is Pudwerx An Alien?!?!?' The Editors Call the FBR Mailbox system!!Anyone who is anyone is on it!! 615/664-xxxx 2080=Ouija 1952=Candyman 1950=TBB/FBR 1948=XDS 1947=ATC 1944=INC 1941=NFI 1940=TSM 1936=Deathmaster 1933=Oahawhool 1932=Influx 1931=NEC Check em all out to see whats out and when it came out!! Its the fastest way to stay on top of the pirating scene!!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-== - Credit Cards Are Getting Smarter! - = Edited and Typed by: = - Ronski/FBR! (c)1989 - =For The Influx Magazine, on 07/29/89= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ====================================== The traditional credit card is destined for obsolescence. It soon may be replaced by the smart card, a piece of plastic no larger than a regular sized credit card, which can function as a miniature computer. Embedded in each smart card are electronic chips, tiny pieces of silicon or other material containing built in electronic circuits. these chips can handle many of the mathematical functions as a standard computer can perform as well as store information. Smart cards offer many advantages in credit card companies, retailers and the spending public. (Hey you Carders! Take special concern to the following!) Theives cannot use lost or stolen smart cards to make fraudulent purchases because the new cards, like the automatic cards issued by the bank, are useless with out the owners PIN number(personal Identification Number). This is a four to six digit number known only to the card holder, which must be punched into the keyboard before a transaction is made. The smart card also keeps a running account of the purchases, and rejects any that exceed the limit that the cardholder has. Such actions limits unpaid credit card bills of 3.5 billion in 1986 and have more than doubled since! Stores must install special card reading devices called 'terminals' to handle the cards. Other nations, especially France and Japan are ahead of the USA in Smart card usage. 1 million cards are already in circulation in Japan and France alone! Mastercard International Inc. and Visa International Inc. have begun to test the Smart card in the USA. The version made by these two companies contain a tiny chip called a 'microprocessor' similiar to those found in desktop computers, together with a chip that can store about 200 purchases! The Smart Cards insides contain circuitry to protect the chips against static electricity generated by a card sliding in and out of a person's wallet, which could wipe out the cards memory! The smart card will not recquire batteries or any other source to keep data stored in it's memory! (amazing huh!) The card communicates with out- side terminals which has eight metal contacts on its surface. When inserted into the terminal, the terminal supplies current via the eight metal contacts on the cards surface, however Visa's version contains a battery they say that is capable of powering the card they tell me for about two years! While experimentation in smart cards, Visa is currently testing an even smarter card called the 'Ulti- Card' (Ultimate Transaction Card). The same size as a credit card the Ulticard houses a small battery; a liquid display like that found on a watch, which shows two lines of 24 characters each; microprocessor and memory chips; and a 10 key keyboard which lets the cardholder enter the information in the cards memory. The tiny plastic package not only serves as a credit card, it also stores info. like charging accounts, checking accounts, addresses, telephone numbers , and health information such as allergies and blood type. Skeptics(such as myself)who doubt that the smart card will catch on, believe that consumers will have problems remembering their personal 'PIN' numbers and many retailers will object to installing new card reading terminals. But people for the smart card believe retailers, the public, and consumers will adapt to the smart card once they've experienced its speed and convience. Soon they wont leave home with out it! ====================================== I hope you learned something and enjoyed reading the above article. Next issue in Influx will probably tell full explanation on all the types of switching systems in the USA and Canada... Ronski/FBR (C)2001 ==-----===------== Any suggestions please contact me at: 1(800)877-8850 Box:RON1 Thankyou ====================================== Game Cheats =========== by Rick! Ask any elite about a ware sitting up in their disk box, and they'll *all* do the same thing. They will give you a funny look, a "you-gotta-be-kidding- me" smile, and say in an offhanded, matter of fact way "Man, all I do is collect the stuff. I don't play these things. Ain't got the time." But, when the moon is full, and the wolfsbane is in bloom, and the gypsy lady is sitting by the campfire, uttering arcane incantations and... sorry. I've been watching too many "Wolfman" movies again. Anyway, if you are very careful and quite sneaky, sometimes you can catch the elite smacking the spacebar after he checks to see if its a 0 day ware. They will never admit it, but they do it. Why else does Candyman know so much about Accolade's Hardball? Oahawhool, we understand, is the top scorer in all of New Jersey in the game Speedball. And I have personally seen Candyman break out in a cold sweat while playing "Arkanoid". Elites, we understand and appreciate the image you have to uphold. So enjoy these few game hints and cheats we present for your enjoyment. We know yer way to busy to actually USE these few tidbits(wink wink, nudge nudge) Arkanoid- (amiga version) type in "DSIMAGIC" at the level select stage. You should see a capsule that says "DS" at the top of the screen. Now, you can call down your favorite power pill by pressing "L" for laser, "B" for breakout, etc. Bard's Tale ][- You don't have to pass the battle test in Dagoth's Tower to get the Sword of Zar. Go to the Maze of Dread and teleport 15 North and 10 East. The answer to the riddle will be "DER". Boulderdash- To megatrain this game, enter these commands: Poke 29004,96 (immunity from flies), Poke 29885,96 for unlimited time, Poke 35589,96 for unlimited lives. Start the game with SYS 36431 Colonial Conquest- Russian armies are very cheap, and you'll be able to conquer a lot of land with them alone. Aliens: Here are some good codes: To land the ship 2727h To get the flamethrower 1506e To get to the air vents 2761g Ripley to rescue Newt 7128e Fighting Alien in ship 7103f If you press "p","@","*", and RESTORE at the same time, you'll advance to the next screen. To get past the alien queen on the Newt Rescue Race, just turn right and fire. When the queen turns right to protect her eggs, run upward while still firing. This will take at least 22 rounds. If you know any game cheats, send them to any Influx Infocenter, and we'll publish them in upcoming issues. Flag Burning - by Force ----------------------- This topic has recently been brought into the public's awareness. It also happens to be highly controversial. One false move and you're declared either a redneck or a Communist and told to "get the hell outta the country." So before I begin my commentary, let me just say that I IN NO WAY condone burning the flag of the United States of America. (Call it a disclaimer, of sorts.) What it all boils down to is this: I have the Constitutional right to burn my own American flag. It is legal to do it, BUT it's not moraly right. I wouldn't do it, and I'm not proud of anyone who does it, either. The people who will argue with this are the people who say that by burning the flag, I show disrespect for the country. The flag represents the republic of the United States of America. Here in this republic, we have the right to free speech, as guaranteed by the Constitution. We have the freedom to say whatever we want, even symbolic gestures such as burning a flag when such gestures are disliked by a majority of Americans. The simple fact that I HAVE the right to be able to burn the flag is what makes this country so great, and THAT would be a reason to honor it. Some say that by burning the flag that I show disrespect for it and all of the soldiers that died during the wars America was involved in. I say that I can burn the flag for any reason I want to. So who is to say that by burning the flag in protest of a political movement by our government that I disrespect the men and women who died during World War II? NOBODY! That's completely rediculous! I don't disrespect them, and I don't disrespect what they fought for--freedom and the democratic way of life (remember the containment policy that the U.S. followed? We wouldn't allow communism to spread? Remember?). They died for freedom, to keep this country free, not for their love of the SYMBOL of their country! And the love they had for this country was an EMOTIONAL one, not a physical one. Some argue that the flag is sacred and shouldn't be burned because of that reason. Simply put, that's utter nonsense. The flag isn't a religious emblem. It is not "holy," "of God," "to God," "by God," or related to God in any manner other than "one nation under God." I'm not saying that I wouldn't mind my next-door neighbor burning a flag every day--I definitely would--but that there is nothing I can do about it unless his flag burning poses any sort of physical threat to me. It's entirely legal to do, and to say that I can't burn MY OWN American flag is nothing short of censorship and destroys the very fiber from which this nation was created. The thing that strikes me as being so funny is that this whole issue was started when some guy in Texas decided to burn a flag in protest of something (don't remember what it was). And now there's talk of an amendment to the Constitution! Bush using the Iwo Jima Memorial as a political backdrop! Jesus! What is this world coming to?! <Sarcasm Mode On> "Yeah, we gotta stop these flag burners, y'know! They're responsible for the crack trade in every city! They caused government corruption and poverty-stricken slums in New York and gang-wars in California! Those are the ones that started Apartheid and racism! Yeah, boy! Those flag-burners are mean sons-a-bitches! Forget about AIDS and Cancer! Flag-burning is what we should spend our time on! It's destroying the United States as we speak!" <Sarcasm Mode Off> What would be stopped? How many people do you know that have outright burned a flag?! How many times have you ever heard of burning flags, besides the protest eras of the 60's and 70's?! If we had an amendment, 2 more people would be sent to jail each year?! What's that going to solve?! Get real, America! I expect criticism for the views expressed in this commentary. If you want to reply to this, feel free to write a letter to the editors here, and maybe they'll put it in the next issue of Influx. You know its really Influx when: Rick Hunters name cant be found on it. Rick/Influx gripes about being mistaken for Rick Hunter. The articles are fresh and fun to read! (Ok, at least they are fresh!!) You are amazed at what is inside!!! You are put to sleep by whats inside.. You need a code real bad, and naturally the assholes at Influx wont put em in! You really learn to appreciate the style of writing in the local paper. You quit getting calls from Candyman whining about 'SEND ME BLOCKS...' Everyone starts bitching about the poll results. Everyone starts bitching about the poll questions. Everyone starts bitching about anything they can think of. Candymans answering machine now says 'What the FUCK do you want to complain about?!?!!?!??!?' TBB/FBR doesnt call ANYONE for a week. The articles are sensible. Boring, but sensible. The articles are by pirates you have actually heard of, talking about things you have actually heard of. You smile, laugh, cuss a bit, think a bit, and wish that it was longer.... we hope. Influx Staff Horizon/NEC Uses a V-Max Copier To Crack Warp Speed V-Max By:Mindscape The Untold Story! It Has Come To Our Attention That Horizon of North Eastern Crackers Uses a V-MAX COPIER! That He Did NOT I Repeat DID NOT WRITE HIMSELF to Crack V-MAX or Should i Say Copy V-MAX! He States in His Scrool For Thunderblade That He Used A NEW V-MAX Copier To Stripp The Protection From The Game! Now is That Really Cracking The Ware? Any Tom Dick or Harry Can Get a V-MAX Copier and Copy It! Even I and I DoN't Don't Know Swat About ML! Now You The Pirate Be tHe Judge? Is This Really Fair To The REAL Pudwerx/ATC THE HELL HACKER/TSM MASTER KRACKER/NFI Lateron The Unknown Pirate!!!!! Well dudes this Blue Devil from TSM i got a little story to tell ya about 2 x-tsm members gamer & rocky who jumped to fix next daz lame NEC. Well this is my story Gamer call me says lets trade N/A on our boards. So we do well he Uploads a little then leeches. So after a week or so i decide do some leeching on by owe well he gets pissed tell rocky he deleted me so i did same on my board to him. So he jumps to Nec, me & rocky decide we will be supplier for TSM , he calls me on a tuesdaz tell me what he ordered well come thursdaz he already jumped to NEC without even tellin me. Well the biggest lamer jumped and drag junior lamer. bunch of deadbeats ya watch NEC get sucked under TSM onslaught I guarantee it. BLUE DEVIL/TSM Interview! ========== by Rick! ********************************** * The following is a portion * * of a recorded conversation * * between myself and Adam * * West. I wish to personally * * thank Mr. West for allowing * * this interview to take place. * ********************************** R- Why didn't you play Batman? A.W.- It was, sadly to say, politics. The producers of the movie, and Tim Burton, being the most vocal, argued that the fans of today would not accept me as Batman. My argument was that noone would ever suggest Captain Kirk be played by anyone else besides William Shatner, and that the fans would accept me playing Batman again. Ever since the television show, I BECAME the batman. Fans identified me with the caped crusader so strongly that they could not see me in any other role. I was typecast as the Batman, and it is as strong today as it was back in 1968. probably even stronger. R!- If they were just worried about your age, that's really stupid. I've seen you on tv recently, and I gotta say that you really look sharp. You look a lot younger than Shatner, and I still think you could kick Michael Keaton's butt. A.W.- Thank you. Please let me say right now that I hold no personal grudge against Michael Keaton. Putting the cowl on him instead of me was an act of gross corporate stupidity, but it wouldn't be the first time. I had written several scripts for my return to acting, all based on batman. In one of them, Bruce Wayne had retired from crime fighting. Dick Grayson was a doctor. Bruce is horseback riding when he sees the bat-signal flashing for the first time in ten years. A terrorist group has released Joker, Penguin, Mr. Freeze, Riddler, and The Mad Hatter from a specially built maximum security prison. Gotham City is under a crime spree like never before. The batphone had been disconnected years ago, and Gordon had to find the old bat-signal, turn it on, and pray that batman would see it. R!- It sounds a lot better than what Paramount released. A.W.- At first, Bruce Wayne sees it, and has a real struggle with it. He is married now, has children, and none of them know of his past. Alfred is dead, Aunt Harriett passed away a long time ago, and the only other person that knows about his dual idendity is Dick Grayson. See, Wayne doesn't even live at the old mansion anymore. He boarded it up and moved somewhere else. He feels torn between his obligation to his family, and his obligation to Gotham City. There is a scene where he returns to Wayne Manor, goes into the study,and after a few minutes, opens up the secret bookshelf entrance. The words "Secret access to batcave via batpoles" are still painted on the walls, but are faded pretty badly. He takes the service elevator down to the batcave. He turns on a light, sees everything as it was in the old days, and you can see what it does for him. The Caped Crusader is back, and this time, he stays until the job is done. R!- Just from what little you've shared, it sounds like you really care about batman. and how he is portrayed. A.W.- the faggot jokes about him bothered me, but I have pretty well gotten over it. Batman is an American mythological figure. The Greeks and Romans had Zeus, Thor and their kind. Today, there is Star Trek, and there is Batman. Batman is immortal. He will never die. R!- So what other projects are you involved in these days? A.W.- Well, I still make personal appearances all over the country. I have another script, "A Night at Wayne Manor", which I am hoping will become an off-broadway musical. Also, there is going to be a cameo appearance in the new Star Trek series. So I'm keeping busy . R!- Mr.West, I really appreciate your talking to me, and sharing a few words for the Influx readers. You were a hero of mine when i was a kid, and this has really been a lot of fun for me. A.W.- It's my pleasure. Now, did you say this was going to be broadcast on national radio? R!-Yes sir, we will be airing it at 7 pm EST on the Mutual Broadcasting Service. A.W.-I thought you said this was CBS radio? What the hell is this Influx you keep mentioning? R!-Thats the name of my show. Influx is the radio show on the network. A.W.-I still dont understand why my agent didnt call me and tell me you would be calling. R!-We thought that the spontaneity would be important to the show. A.W.-You arent still taping now are you? R!-Oh noooo, we wouldnt dream of it. That would be dishonest. A.W.-Good, I wouldnt want the idiots hearing this to get the wrong idea. R!-No problem Mr. West, now off the record, what did you think of the job that Michael Keaton did? A.W.-(Loud scream!) THAT FUCKING FAG! I OUGHT TO DRIVE TO HIS FUCKING HOUSE AND KILL HIS SKINNY ASS!!! R!-You are bitter then, huh? A.W.-Fuck bitter sonny, I want his balls on a chain!! I want to see him rot in hell. The only hope I have is that he gets aids from that other faggot Broderick. Those two should both die a slow painful fucking death. R!-Damn, calm down man, I didnt mean.. A.W.-DONT YOU TELL ME TO CALM DOWN YOU SMART MOUTHED PUNK!!! I WILL BURY YOUR ASS!!!! I *AM* Batman, NOBODY can take that away from me!!!! I'll kick yer little ass for you dickhead!! R!-Listen sport, dont count on it, yer a stupid drunk who just gave an interview to an underground newspaper, some crimefighter you are! A.W.-What the fuck do you mean you smartass? R!-Its like this chump, if you wanna play, I will bury your sorry ass. Go drink yer damn vodka and cry on someone elses shoulder. I got what I wanted, so go fuck off. By the way, I saw you on 'Alice', and Mel looked better than you! A.W.-I will have your job by morning, NOBODY can talk to me like that and get away with it, I am BATMAN!! R!-You just dont get it do ya Pops? I dont have a job, I am a criminal who is talking to you on Allnets dime and am writing an article for a lot of other computer hackers to read. If they dont like you, the next thing you know your house will be being repossessed. Just sit back and take it easy......CLICK.... And thus ended my TAPE RECORDED interview with Adam West. The conversation I just typed in is WORD for WORD what was recorded on my recorder when I did the interview. What a loser, huh? He was drunk as hell and had trouble in pronouncing a lot of his words, sounded a LOT like Kid Quick.... So, Batfans, as Adam West sinks even more into his vodka, Michael Keaton becomes the heir to the bat-throne. Stay tuned...same bat-time same bat-loser. Rick! The History of INC by THE SHARK Whenever someone speaks of INC, they seem to put quality in the same sentence. The people in INC have worked hard to make that reputation. Now, I shall share with you our history, which only few veterans know. INC's birth was in October of 1987 and when it was formed, THE SHARK was the only member. He wanted to start his own group because he was tired as being known as a nothing and wanted to be known. At first, the group didn't look so good. Only two imports in three months, not even good imports at that. For the first three months he searched for the right person to join, but he couldn't find anyone with potential. At this time, he was calling Ian of Fusion. INC were basically a scraper group, looking for the crumbs. The Shark worked on trying to get Ian of Fusion, but so were about 10 other groups. RAD were the lucky crew, but The Shark didn't give up. He started to direct more of his attention to Fairlight, but still dealt with Ian. On January 2nd, 1988, The Shark met The Butcher. The Butcher knew a hacker named Nodooles, and Nodooles had the Sprints. Two weeks later, The Butcher was the newest member. The Shark now had the codes to impress the Europeans. INC struck gold, Fairlight finally sent us our first major import, PREDITOR. With INC trading with Fairlight, there was no telling how far they could get. All of a sudden, INC was being greeted by a few groups. The Shark wanted more, he continued to work on Fusion. Fusion had just added The Casual Dude/Mark LeMay, but Ian was still the main guy. He promised INC stuff for weeks and he never came through. So The Shark started to call Mark LeMay. Mark and The Shark got to be good friends. Since most of the attention went to Ian, RAD seldomley called Mark. Ian was considering going AMIGA along with RAD, so The Shark knew it wouldn't be long before he would be trading with Mark. Ian and RAD left, but all of a sudden Prowl was trading with Mark. Back then, ESI could trade with anyone they wanted to. Prowl really didn't have the time to import and INC did. So now INC was trading with Fairlight and Fusion. INC's stocks went straight to the top. Everyone wanted to know them. By April of 1988, INC had put out about 30 releases. INC had just let in Depeche Mode and Nodooles. INC were at the top, but things were looking bad. The Butcher was now in a state of 'I am god'. Things between Butcher and The Shark started to get tense, but they still maintained. Mark was now feeling some competition from the Scouse Cracking Group. He decided to join instead of getting beat. So now INC was trading with two of the best contacts in Europe. Butcher started to not care anymore about the imports. Sprints were harder to get and INC were losing a lot of imports on the count of The Butcher. The Shark told The Butcher to either get active or be kicked out. The Butcher ignored his warning and started to become good friends with Weatabix/SCG. The Shark was now looking for another importer. Depeche Mode recomended a guy named The Duplicator. When The Butcher heard about him being replaced, things got really bad between The Shark and The Butcher. Two weeks later, The Shark had kicked The Butcher out and had taken in The Duplicator. Now things were out of control. Mark broke away from SCG and traded with INC, but SCG was trading with WHY (a new group formed by The Butcher). Soon after The Butcher was booted, Depeche Mode quit because he was asked into ESI. To top that off, Nodooles quit the computer scene. INC were completely dead after that for about one month. Mark found a way to get games quick, so all of a sudden, INC was climbing its way back up. Mark had just formed a new group called PHOENIX and had other members to help him out. INC now was only The Duplicator and The Shark. We needed a programer fast. At this time, Bionic Commandos had just been released. Before, when INC needed a game fixed, they would send it to either Mitch or Blackhawk. Now, this Bionic Commando game needed one hell of a fix. So The Shark called up Blackhawks BBS and uploaded it there. Well, he said it would take to much time, but his brother, Warehead, told The Shark about a guy named The Mind Slayer of The Awesome Guys. The Shark called up TMS and sent him the game to fix. This was about June or July of 1988. Well, TMS couldn't do it, but he was the programer that INC needed. Mark was now really starting to put a lot of games out. Since The Duplicator could Blue Box, INC had it made. Now, TMS was still in TAG, but he helped INC out a lot. He started to be able to fix more and more games. In August of 1988, TMS joined INC. Now, INC was beating SCG with about 65% of the stuff. SCG was still getting the games out, but only the ones that had hard protection. INC has just put in Mr. Floyd and he helped out with the importing and spreading. When SCG got beat with The Last Ninja 2, they saw that as a meaning of there time to leave. So SCG was going to quit and WHY was going Amiga because of being defeated on the 64. Just when things were looking good, there was a big bust in the Las Vegas area. Almost every blue boxer there was caught, including The Duplicator. INC had lost their top notch importer and after that, everything went down hill. Mark started to not care anymore and was giving clues of droping us. Two weeks later, Conquest was trading with Phoenix. Conquest was two months late, for Mark was all dried up. INC still had hope with a guy in Hotline named BOD. Although he only had a 300 baud modem, he sent INC about five games already. Well, Bod had finally gotten a 1200 baud modem and sent over a few game here and there, but Fairlight was dropping the 64 scene. And Mr. Floyd decided to get an Amiga. INC's only contact now was Hotline. INC was geting a few game here and there, but not at a costant supply. It was now December of 1988 and Rampar and Ikari were putting out 80% of the imports. In January of 1989, Rampar was no more. Now, INC were getting back on their feet. We started to get a lot of NTSC fixes out and imports. Now, our next problem was to get Hotline established. With the help of Bod and XXX, Hotline flew to the top. Something they haven't done since 1987. With Hotline and INC, the games were coming strong. TMS had now almost perfected fixing games and had established himself as the best. For the third time, INC was again at the top. Rumors started to appear in late July of 1989 about Hotline dropping INC. The Shark realized that there was no hope for Hotline to continue trading with INC so he dropped them. From Hotline, a new group emerged, Talent. Now INC has got a contact again and hopes to continue releasing quality. Through out INC's history, they have released 84 games. 84 games might not seem that much to you, but if you look at the titles then you will know why quality and INC are together. INC has released a total of 21,356 blocks of games, thats 16 double-sided disk full of great releases. The Shark... ======================================= {CBM-O}{CBM-O}{CBM-O}{CBM-O}{CBM-O} ATC {CBM-U}{CBM-U}{CBM-U}{CBM-U}{CBM-U} Top of the news this month: UCBBS. Most of my time this month has been spent putting the finishing touches on this BBS program that I've been working on since last November. While I don't plan to use this space as an advertis- ment, I will just mention that UCBBS is a superior program designed to take over the Ivory market. Make sure to pick up UCBBS INFO/PW to get all the details about this great BBS program. As a final note on this subject, I want to give a BIG thanx to COLORMAGE for being my Beta-tester (i.e. guinnea pig...heh) and putting up with all the 'stupid' versions of this program. And now to ATC group news: To contact us, call one of these voice mailboxes: 615-664-1947 or 800-284-2337 (Box # 2501) Major Theft has 'retired' from ATC and is now strictly Amiga. He is not in a group and there is no ATC-Amiga as of yet. Regrets go to those who had N/A on his BBS (22 Acacia Avenue), but that's the way it goes sometimes... ATC did pick up two kick-ass distributor BBS'es this month, both of which are highly-ranked (according to Influx's poll). They are: CYCLOID GUILD: 313-453-2527 and DESTROY: 718-356-0746 Although July was a slow month for ATC releases, we will be back on track in the month of August now that the work on the BBS is complete. Next month's INFLUX article will also be more substantial (now I have a whole month to put that article off...heh) As a side-note, I'd just like to mention that I've never spent so much time on the phone meeting new people as I have in July. It is good to note, however, that the top people in the pirating world are (for the most part) totally cool. Let's shut the lamers out of our networks altogether so we can continue to have our fun... PW/ATC/INFLUX ======================================= NEC IN JULY! ------------ Yo Colormage of NEC here presenting you with 'NEC IN JULY'. The cracking wo rld for the month of July has been cred ited all to NEC practically! We've had 5 releases in the past month which puts on top of everyone else. Some of the re leases we had were 'Dr. Doom', a cartoo n graphic adventure which was fun to pl ay and had action in it. We also relea sed a game called 'Classic Concentratio n(SECOND EDITION)' which was a ok relea se. 'War in Middle Earth(USA VERSION)' was also another release from us. It wa s almost like the euro version but MU CH better graphics and more fun to pla y in my opinion. We had another release called 'MTV REMOTE CONTROL' which was b ased on the cable show. A damn cool game i thought(Sorry TSM if you didnt like it, but hey I DONT CARE!), and conclud ing our releases is the ever popular 'Tangled Tales' which is a KILLER game. It was sort of like a cross between Bard's Tale and the Ultima Series. Of course it was good because the game wa s from Origon who are known for their role playing games. Sorry TSM, but NEC is not into releasi ng BBS PRG'S(HAHAHA!) I would also like to congratulate two EX-TSM MEMBERS(SUPPLIERS) in joini ng NEC, Their handles are The Gamer and Rocky. GLAD TO HAVE YOU IN GUYS! Some people rag on us because of how many members and bbs's we have, Well i just have one thing to say 'LOOK WHO' S RELEASING!!!' With all these release s plus others, puts NEC RANKED #1! NEC NEWS! --------- Although this text is not to rag on anyone, we think that their are some fa cts that need to be brought to general pirates attention. It is the gerneral k nowledge tp most pirates that their are basically 3 major cracking groups left in the US(NEC,ATC,TSM). Although all 3 have near equal amount of talent, the bottom line on what makes a #1 group is the ability to obtain originals, crack the ware in a timly matter, and dist ribute to the major boards. Lately, NEC has been the only group that has been successfully been able to do that. Alth ough ATC occasionally comes with a majo r quality release, their are just to m any US warez for one group to be able to release everything. TSM on the other hand(mainly HELL HACKER) has consistent ly ragged every NEC release to date. T SM is like a back-seat driver, they sit around and rag groups out of JEALOUSY. All 3 major groups have released their fair share of fixes. Tangled Tales is 100% with the fix. Now why would a gro up want to release a 100% version of a pirated ware that works and not even have the original. Andy, this would not be the first time you have done thi s to a NEC ware. If TSM wants to compet e in cracking of US warez, 'START RELE ASING SOMETHING!' and let the general elite pirates decide what group is #1! By running around and posting NEC suck s and TSM is #1 doesn't mean a thing. Action speaks louder than words. With TSM'S one release this month(BBS PRG) and NEC'S 5 releases, it should be obvious to anyone who is working har der to release US wares. It is not our fault that all US warez dont have pro tection on them. So by saying something is a Share-Data release doesn't mean an ything as long as the ware is enjoyed b y all. The month of August will be a very ood month for NEC and you can expect to see several quality cracks from us. If TSM even expects to compete with NEC , they should do a better job then in JULY. We at NEC enjoy competition, unf ortunately their hasnt been any in Jul y. THE NEC GANG! NEC BBS'S! ---------- The Metal Shop.............516-472-1050 The Cycloid Guild..........313-453-2527 City Dump..................212-410-5852 Stronghold.................513-576-1255 The Abyss..................805-647-2679 The Game Zone..............619-569-8523 Ultimate Connection........516-654-0988 City Of Illusion...........516-334-0648 Rocky's Corner.............614-274-7518 NEC VMB'S: 615-664-1931 & 1800-284-2337(2354) Request! ======== By the editors When you submit something to Influx, we prefer you use the almight "Influx Infowriter". If you are too lame and don't have this marvelous technologically advanced and excitingly fresh piece of enhanced super electro-charged software, then use "Kwik-Write." Don't use any special formatting commands, don't use printer codes, and press <<RETURN>> before you get to the end of your line? Why? Because word wrap is a flaky thing. Lemme show ya what we mean. Everything you have seen so far has been typed the way we want. But, when ya keep on typing and typing and never press return, it may look ok on your screen, but when the Influx InfoReader gets ahold of it, you see really ugly garbage like this. Understand, homeboy? Good. I'm proud of you. UNIX Members are: Anchor Hitman Mixo Plex Inertia Shadowkeeper Doctor D Paninaro Data @hip The main reason why the group has slowed up tremendously, after making our debut pretty well, is because of the some busts which are suppose to be taking place very soon, therefore we dont call out as much. A friend of mine who had up a hack board was fucking with guys from a group known as LOD (legion of doom), well these guys call themselves the only real hackers that are left. So one night they call forwarded all the calls going into the HACK board. They went to LOD headquarters (the calls) and they were trying so hard to get people to admit they phreaked. Well when I spoke to the guys they had an answering machine on or something taping the conversation and really wanted me to say I phreaked and used codes and such. Now they have called up SYSOP's of the top boards in NYC and have demanded to be let on the board or they just ask questions, regarding to whether they have codes subs. These guys claim to be working with the FEDS but its completely 'off the books'.... So far no-one has been busted yet but maybe there will be so we gotta lie back and enjoy our summer vacation. GREETS go out to... FAIRLIGHT.... The members of INC and a few guys from FANTASY. also NEC... Thanks go to Candyman for restarting the influx mag. Give UNIX Hq a ring at its NEW # (718)'996'2916 Slates from all UNIX members.. Exodus (Nato USA) News for July, 1989 Although July has basically been a slow month for Exodus, what we lacked in quantity we made up for in quality. All of the games we released in July featured excellent graphics and exceptional playability. These games were: Dominator+++ (NTSC Fix) on July 5th and Citadel++ (NTSC Fix) on July 27th. Also planned for release on July 31st is an NTSC Fixed version of Forgotten Worlds, but it has not been finished as of this article. Special thanks must go to Stormbringer who has worked especially hard this month as all of this months releases needed NTSC fixing (thanks!) Perhaps the reason for Exodus being noticeably slower than usual this month is because of some problems that had occured within Nato UK. In fact, these problems caused an integral member of Nato UK to leave Nato (taking some Nato members with him) and form a new group called Iota. Fortunately, all problems between Nato and its ex-members were resolved and all the members of Iota rejoined Nato. Nato is now back in its entirety. (Sorry to dissapoint those of you who were looking forwards to Nato's death...) Exodus would also like to announce that we are now trading with the recently formed German divison of Nato. Nato Germany includes: Rygar (Cracker), Greco (Modem trader and co-founder of Nato's magazine, Smasher), TJ Lazer and Jazz. Look for many Exodus imports from Nato Germany in the future. And on a lighter note... Somewhere in Canada, local hero and all-around nice-guy Stormbringer has found employment. Yes, starting August 1st Steve will now be working at a local (get this) storm window factory. When asked about his new found job he inquired, "Who's on 3-way!?" Also, Exodus's noble leader, Cult, has been reported missing today. Flordia police have formed search parties where he was last seen in an attempt to find the missing pirate. An unidentified source (his mom) reveals that he is not missing, but, after searching for years, has finally found a girl (and one that likes English accents even!) Thats it from Exodus. Until next month.... ***************** Survey Results!!* ***************** OK, this is what you have been waiting for, so here it is. First, the rules of the chase. Influx staffers called as many pirates as we could reach for 2 days to do this survey. We at Influx didnt decide who to call, we got our names and numbers from you, the public, so if you didnt get called, either keep yer ass at home, or get on yer friends assess for not giving us your number! Either way, we dont wanna hear it. This poll is not meant to make you happy, and frankly, we at Influx could give a shit less about what you think. We KNOW that this poll was done to the best of our ability, and is as fair as we could make it. With no further adieu, here is what YOU told us!! Group of the Month for July: 1] NEC 2] FBR 3] RFO 4] Unix/ATC/XDS tied. ====================================== Game of the Month for July: 1] Tangled Tales 2] Dr. Doom 3] Azure Bonds/Heroes Of The Lance tied 4] Baal USA/MTV Remote Control/Omniball /Out of Deep/Hostage tied. ======================================= Most Admired Pirate!!(Votes for Influx Staffers were NOT allowed to give the rest of you a chance..heh) 1] Mitch/ESI 2] Gazoo/XDS/Stormbringer/Xds tied 3] One Eyed Pirate/Warp Factor/Magnetic /The Ataman tied. 4] JMS Kilroy/Mandrake/Wanderer/Horizon /Tri-Dos/BTK/MasterKracker/Hercules/ Hendy/TMS/Cult/Tron all tied with one vote apeice. ======================================= Most Hated Pirates(we let ya choose 2 and you COULD vote for Influx staffers on this one....) 1] Pogo Joe 2] Oahawhool 3] The Shark/Hercules tied 4] Warp Factor 5] Horizon/The Green Griffon/Sonny/ Thor/Anchor/Rab Doe/TBB FBR tied. 6] Ouija/Perplexer/TMS/Tin Man/Bod/ Freddy Kreuger/Thinker/Phantasm/ Phantom/XXX/Dude/Gamer/Rocky/ Rowdy Rob/Eclipse/Deathmaster/ Asmodeus/Barber tied with one each. ====================================== OK Sysops, here it is... The Top BBS's in the world, and we let you choose your favorite 3!!! 1]Warez Galore 2]Wild Warez/Candyland tied 3]Cycloid Guild 4]Code Hotline/Dream Factor/Addiction/ Destroy/FBR Remote/Stronghold/ Metal Shop Wave Tools/Ouija Board tied. 5]Hit and Run/Dungeon of Warez/Garden of Eden/22 Acacia Ave./Western White House/Gamblers Hideout tied. ======================================= Thats it, thats the results for the month of July. Now call one of those boards and whine about how bad the results are, we expect you to! If you want to be contacted by Influx, make sure to call and let me,(Candyman) know your voice number. Influx now has a VMB and a Telephone number you can call to get in touch with us. VMB:615/664-1932 Voice:615/333-6562 Give us a ring, and we'll see ya next month! Speaking for the entire staff at Influx, we hope you have enjoyed reading it as much as we enjoyed writing it!! Lateron, and keep the warez 0 days and post on every call!! The Candyman Influx is: Managing Editor:Candyman Editors:Rick/Influx(not Rick Hunter!) TBB/FBR Assoc. Editors:Jimmy z!/XDS Oahawhool/FBR Pudwerx/ATC Warewolf/XDS Colormage/NEC The Hell Hacker/TSM Shark/INC Contributing Authors for this issue are: Speed Demon Ouija Ronski Reverb Force The Hell Hacker Warp Factor Blue Devil Jimmy Z! Oahawhool X-Man The Shark Pudwerx Colormage The Gamer Candyman Rick/Influx Anchor Before we end this month's edition, the management of Influx wants to leave you with one last thought... W R I T E U S S O M E B L O C K S ! ! !