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1996-12-24
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A FEW OF US PHREAKS HAD OLE WOZNIAK ON
THE CONFERANCE LINE LAST WEEK.NOW STEVE HAS BEEN KNOWN TO PULL A FEW JOKES AND SPREAD A COUPLE RUMORS RE APPLE INC.
WITH THIS IN MIND,WE ASKED STEVE WHAT
APPLE HAS ON THE FIRE.
RESPONSE-
THE TIGHTEST SECURITY EVER HAS REVOLVED
AROUND A PRODUCT CALLED "MERLIN",DUE TO
BE RELEASED WITHIN 6 MONTHS. (US HACKERSWILL LOVE IT)
ALSO,2 NEW COMPUTERS BESIDES MACINTOSH
DUE IN THE SAME TIME FRAME!
BOOTLEGGER-
STEVE,TELL US ABOUT YOUR PHREAKING DAYS,AND HOW YOU GOT STARTED.
WOZ-
IT ALL BEGAN WHEN I READ AN ESQUIRE
ARTICLE ON BLUE BOXES IN 1971.
BOOTLEGGER-
AND THEN?
WOZ-
I DESIGNED MY OWN BLUE BOX CIRCUIT IN
1971 USING THE BERKELY COMPUTER.
I'M STILL DOING PRANKS!
BOOTLEGGER-
TELL US ABOUT CAPTAIN CRUNCH?
WOZ-
ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO,WHEN APPLE WAS STILL AYOUNG COMPANY,WE HIRED JOHN DRAPER (CAPTCRUNCH) TO DESIGN A PHONE BOARD FOR APPLE.
BOOTLEGGER-
AND WHAT DID IT DO?
WOZ-
IT WOULD DIAL 10,000 NUMBERS A NIGHT.
IF YOU LEFT IT ALONE OVERNIGHT,THE
NEXT MORNING WE WOULD ALLWAYS HAVE AT
LEAST 1 OR 2 WATTS EXTENDERS!BUT THE
PHONE COMPANY GOT SUSPICIOUS,AND WE
HAD TO GET RID OF IT.
BOOTLEGGER-
HOW WAS COLLEGE?
WOZ-
COLLEGE WAS A GOOD THING TO DO FOR A
YEAR,BUT WITH ALL MY OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES IT WAS REALLY HARD.I HAD A LOT TO DOTHAT YEAR.
BOOTLEGGER-
TELL US ABOUT STEVE JOBS
WOZ-
STEVE USED TO BE A 1/2 HIPPY.NOW HE'S
AN EXECUTIVE.
BOOTLEGGER-
WHAT ABOUT THE IBM PEANUT?
WOZ-
IT SHOULD BE SUCCESSFUL IN ABOUT 2 YEARS
BOOTLEGGER-
DO YOU MIND GETTING CALLS AT HOME?
WOZ-
NO-IV'E BEEN ON THE CONFERANCE LINE WITHOTHER PHREAKS BEFORE.IF I MINDED WOULD
I HAVE A LISTED HOME PHONE NUMBER!
ADDENDUM-STEVE LIVES IN BERKELEY CALIF.
A CALL TO INFORMATION WILL
YEILD HIS NUMBER AND ADDRESS
FOR ANY OF YOU WISHING TO CALL!/EX
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-------FLASH-------
JUST WANTED TO SNEAK IN A LITTLE AD!
--APPLE CLONES--
64K MOTHER BOARD
6502 AND Z80 DUAL PROCESSORS
NUMERIC KEYPAD
U/L CASE
UTILITY PROGRAM
25 PRE-PROGRAMED FUNCTION KEYS
2 SPEED AUTO REPEAT
5A SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY
100 % APPLE COMPATABLE
ALL THIS FOR $600.00
ALLOW 8-12 WEEKS FOR DELIVERY
(THEY HAVE TO COME FROM TAIWAN)
ALSO-SAME AS ABOVE WITH REMOVEABLE
KEYBOARD- ADD $100 TO ABOVE PRICE)
CALL ME FOR SIMILAR LOW PRICES ON
ANY COMPUTER PRODUCTS! 503-592-4461
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--------------EDITORIAL-----------
THE TIME HAS COME FOR A MAGAZINE OF
THIS NATURE TO APPEAR ON THE COMPUTER
INDUSTRY! SOFTWARE COMPANIES HAVE FOR
TOO LONG PERSUED THE MONOPOLY OF
SETTING OUTRAGEOUS PRICES FOR THEIR
PRODUCTS!
IF A RECORD COMPANY CAN MAKE SUBSTANCIAL PROFITS RETAILING THEIR LP'S FOR $5,
WHY DOESN'T THE SOFTWARE PUBLISHERS DO
LIKEWISE?
IF A DISK COSTS $1.50
AND WE GIVE THE AUTHOR $1.00
THE PUBLISHER .50
THE DISTRIBUTOR .50
THE RETAILER $1.50
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TOTAL = $5.00
WHEN THIS GOAL IS ATTAINDED,THERE WILL
BE NO REASON FOR THIS MAGAZINE.
UNTILL THEN-I WILL NEED ALL THE HELP
THAT THE PIRATE WORLD CAN GIVE ME!
EVERY MAGAZINE FROM BYTE TO HARDCORE
HAS REFUSED MY PREPAID ADS.
APPLEFEST REFUSED REPEATEDLY TO GIVE
THE BOOTLEGGER A BOOTH.
WE CAN FIGHT BACK BY BANDING TOGETHER
AROUND THE BOOTLEGGER AND HELPING IT
GROW THROUGH MORE PAID SUBSCRIBERS
AND TELLING YOUR FRIENDS TO SUBSCRIBE.
ANY FEEDBACK,ARTICLES AND INFO WILL
BE APPRECIATED! CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN
TO AUTHORS SUBMITTING ARTICLES ON TEXT
FILES TO THIS MAGAZINE.
(NEW SOFTWARE ALWAYS WELCOME) HEE-HEE
---THE GOOD NEWS---
SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THE PIRATES HAVE
BEEN CRACKING PROGRAMS AND ADVERTISING
THE BOOTLEGGER ON THE TITLE PAGE!
IF THEY DON'T LET US IN THE FRONT DOOR WE'LL SNEAK IN THE BACK! HEE-HEE
KEEP THOSE FILES ROLLING IN-
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------TRADING CLUB------
THE BOOTLEGGER HAS A TRADING CLUB SECTION. HERE'S HOW IT WORKS-
IF YOU WANT TO MAIL TRADE SOFTWARE WITH
SOMEONE ELSE OUT OF STATE,SIMPLY MAIL
YOUR WARES TO ME WITH $2.00 TO COVER
REMAILING,AND I WILL HOLD YOUR PACKAGE
UNTIL I RECEIVE THE PACKAGE FROM THE
PARTY YOUR TRADING WITH.
AFTER BOTH PACKAGES ARE RECEIVED,I WILLREMAIL BOTH OF THEM.
IF ONLY ONE PACKAGE ARRIVES,I WILL HOLD
IT FOR 2 WEEKS BEFORE RETURNING IT TO
SENDER.
GRAB BAG-SEND 10 DISKS OF YOUR LATEST
STUFF + $2 REMAILING AND I'LL
SEND YOU 10 DISKS OF DIFFERENT
SOFTWARE FROM SOMEONE ELSE!
ON ALL MAIL TRADES,WE RESERVE THE RIGHT
TO INSPECT AND COPY OURSELVES.HEE-HEE
TO QUALIFY FOR A MAIL TRADE,AT LEAST
ONE PARTY TO THE TRADE MUST BE A
CURRENT SUBSCRIBER.
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