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- <RING RING> "Hello?"
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- "Hello...this is Cointel, Inc....we'd like to ask you a few
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- questions about a call you received from Boston on 2/12/91.
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- Could you tell us the name and address of the person who
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- placed the call?"
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- COOL dude -> "What?...I don't remember...go to hell! <SLAM>"
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- MEATHEAD -> "Uh, sure, his name is John Smith...you want his address too?"
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- Get the picture? Good...
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- COCOTs are a great resource if we use them wisely...like our environment, we
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- gotta be careful not to PLUNDER them....make a few long distance calls...and
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- then leave that particular COCOT alone for awhile...chances are, your bills
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- will be "absorbed" by the profit margin of the owner..and probably ignored..
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- but the smaller the owner's profit margin gets, the more likely suspicions will
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- be aroused...'nuff said!
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- I have found COCOTs EVERYWHERE...some of my personal favorites are on Route 1
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- North of Boston...check out the Dunkin Donut shops and the Burger King..also,
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- in front of the Rat in Kenmore...look around..they are lurking everywhere..
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- (BUT..COCOT technology is relatively new..don't expect them EVERYWHERE..I know
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- many towns that have NONE...check out big cities....) Here are some numbers of
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- COCOTs:
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- Kenmore Square, the Rat
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- 617/247-8195
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- 617/247-7913
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- 617/247-8208
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- 617/247-9437
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- Random ones: 617/720-4430 617/233-9872
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- Here are some companies that deal with COCOTs...try out your social
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- engineering skill on them:
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- Cointel, Inc. Int'l Telecharge, Inc.
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- 130 Broadway St. P.O. Box 50579
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- Somerville, MA Dallas, TX
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- 02145 1800/999-5152
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- 1800/322-7741
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- As for a Tone Dialer, don't leave home without one!...a true phreak always has
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- a DTMF tone dialer at hand..along with a red box!....My personal favorite is
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- the COMBO-BOX (red box plus DTMF)..take a Radio Shack 33-memory Pocket Dialer..
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- open up the back...remove the little 3.579 MHz crystal (looks like a metal
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- cylinder..unsolder it)...solder on a couple of thin, insulated wires where the
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- crystal was attached...thread the wires thru one of the "vents" in the back of
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- the tone dialer....get ahold of a 6.5536 MHz crystal (available thru Fry's
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- Electronics, 89 cents a piece, phone number 415/770-3763)...go out and get some
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- quick drying epoxy and a Radio Shack mini Toggle Switch, DPDT, cat. no 275-626
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- Close the tone dialer, with the two wires sticking out one of the back vents..
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- screw it up tight....now, attact the crystals and wires to the switch like this
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- with solder:
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- I^^^^^I
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- I xx <3.579 crystal>small one
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- I I
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- toggle switch -> oooooo X xxxxs <two wires>
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- I I
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- I xx <6.5536 crystal>big one
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- I I
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- ^^^^^^
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- Each "xx" prong in the diagram is actually TWO prongs....hook up the two leads
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- from the crystals to separate prongs (same with the wires).
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- Now, epoxy this gizmo to the side of the tone dialer..use ALOT of epoxy, as you
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- must make the switch/crystals essentially EMBEDDED in epoxy resin. like this:
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- front view -> ----------------------
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- I I T <-toggle switch
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- I oo oo oo I---
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- I I |
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- I I---
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- I 1 2 3 I B s <-two crystals(b=big,s=small)
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- I I | in epoxy "blob"
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- I 4 5 6 I _
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- I I
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- I 7 8 9 I ^two wires running to back of unit
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- I I
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- I * 0 # I
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- I I
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- ----------------------
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- ----------------------
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- back view -> I I
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- T I o ---- o-----------------------vent (1 of 4)
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- --- I / \ I
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- | I | -----------------speaker
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- --- I | | I
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- s B I | | I
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- 2 wires -> \-----o ---- o I
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- running into I I
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- vent I I
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- I I
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- I I
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- I I
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- ----------------------
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- Make sure the epoxy is really gobbed on there..you want to be certaint the
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- switch and crystals are firmly attached and secure in a matrix of epoxy (it
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- doesn't conduct electricity, so don't worry about shorting out the connections
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- to the toggle switch)...just don't gum up the action of the switch!
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- Basically, you've altered the device so you can select between 2 crystals to
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- generate the timing for the microprocessor in the tone dialer...
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- Now...turn on the tone dialer..NOW, you can easily switch between the 2 crystal
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- types...the small crystal will generate ordinary DTMF tones...but, by
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- simply flicking the switch, you generate HIGHER tones...now, using the
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- memory function of the tone dialer, save 5 "*" in the P1 location...now dial
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- the P1 location using the BIG crystal...hmmm, sure sounds like the tones for
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- a QUARTER, doesn't it! 8-)
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- Carry this around with you always...will come in handy with both Telco
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- payfones AND COCOTs!...no Phreak should be without one!
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- Anyway, that about wraps it up for me.....references for this article include
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- Noah Clayton's EXCELLENT article on COCOTs in 2600 Magazine, Autumn 1990..
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- also, The Plague's article on Tone Dialer conversion to Red Box, 2600
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- Magazine, Summer 1990 (Which inspired me to create the COMBO-BOX (red box PLUS
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- DTMF dialer)...I strongly urge people to subscribe to 2600 Magazine...call
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- their office line for more details ->516/751-2600...
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- Remember..you can READ all you want, but if you don't get your ASS out
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- there and try stuff out for yourself, you are nothing but a POSER!
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- 'Nuff said...oh, also, I heard that SOME COCOTs have handsets in them
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- that can be accessed..in other words, you call the COCOT and if you hit
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- "0" or something else, the earpiece of the handset is activated and you can
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- listen in on what's goin on around the COCOT...I dunno...never worked for me,
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- but try these 2 "suspected" numbers...212/268-7538, -6129...try hitting "0" and
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- listen for any sounds...I could be wrong, I could be right..I could be black,
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- I could be white....
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- That's all folks...remember, the purpose of this phile is to ENLIGHTEN, and I
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- in no way condone or encourage illegal activities...so don't blame me for
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- ANY MESS you get into...this phile offered strictly as INFORMATIONAL ONLY! I
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- am in no way responsible for your ass!...
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- Also, I am not into wanton destruction, vandalism, or fraud..seek the truth,
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- and leave nothing but footsteps...
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- Remember...SHARE THE WEALTH...INFORMATION IS POWER...SHARE IT!
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- And drink massive amounts of Jolt cola...trust me, it's good for you.
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- Special Greetings to Magic Man, Darby, JT, Muppet, Madmike, Falcon, George Bush
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- FBI Agent, Net Runner, Canine, Plutus, Midnite Mage, YellowJacket, Old Pink,
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- the Knight, Spiritwalker, Yellow Jacket, and anyone else I forgot..
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- Keep the faith, and never stop searching for new frontiers....
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- ..oooOO Count Zero OOooo..
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