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    Did ya~ know the restricted line feature o! many Cen-
    trex Ins~tiars can be ~ssed7 One may usually
    call outside by dlelLng ~ for ;~n external dlal tone and
    then dlaling the nu~nber, provided tbat lt lies in ~e
    local area. If more than 7 diglts are ~ed a record-
    log comes on. But this may be bypassed by ~ng 9
    then 0 fo~owed immediately by the first digit of the f
    then complete dialing of the nl~rnber wlthout the area
    code. When the assistance operator comes on insist
    tbst you have been hav~ng d'fflculty, reachir~ tbe local
    number even though you've been ~Rling tbe area code.
    I~hen you ask her to try the nurnberfor you, bl~ling it
    to a credit card or the centrex line. This info should
    be ver~r useful.
    
          -JA, ~Y-
    Dear TAP,
    Toll restrictors are us~ly used at moteis that ha~e
    direct dial out type phones. A typical one will say "
    Dial 8 for loc~ " "Di~ 9 for long distance". When you
    di~ 8 or 9 you wil1 get another ~1 tone and then you
    can proceed to dial your own local number. Sorne
    phones you can clinl info and,lor 800 wiEhout the oper-
    ator coming on the line but these are rare and on most
    t~pes, the operator comes on the line and maXes your
    =11. Ihe toll restrictor will not allow you to dial "19'
    in order to make your own long dis tance =115. However
    several of these r~strictors only protect the first and
    second digits and can be beat in the fo~owing way. ..
    Dial the one di~it shown on the phone to malce local
    calls (us~ly 8? ~en dial the first two ~ligits of the
    exchange you're in plus the digit 1 and you will find a
    new dial tone and the world at your fingertips. You
    may di~l d~rect ar~d the motel line is charged for the
    call, or you may use your ih~rorite box wiChout worry,
    assuming you ha~e used another name at the regrster.
    
          -Sparky-
    Dear TA P,
    I am an electronics technic~n by trade and a past em-
    ployee of Pa Bell and John~y General. I have been a
    phreak since 1956 when I made my first free call.
    
    I~he resistance of the ringers is not the factor meas-
    ured when friendly test board "bridges" your line. The
    c~rcult(basi~y)that they use is as follows:
    You will recogr~ze the circalt as a simple oh~nweter,
    but why is the voltrneter connected in series7I don't
    know bot Pa measures current with it. "100 volts of
    shortt' means a dead short on the line. Zero volts, an
    
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    your home
    
         cables    ~
    
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    100 volt test _ ~ A lot of misc. junk .47 T
    
    voltrneter Pola ritv Reversinq Switch Your Rinaer
              (DP~r Center Off)
    
    open. Now ~e important ~rt, the reversing switch. The
    testhoardman Dips it back and forth and the bource of the
    meter(hook an ordinary ohrnmeter to a capacitor and re-
    verse ~e leads and youtll see the same effec~ lets him
    estimate the # of ringers. Cruddy ins~ation, tem~rature,
    and distance from the C. O, affect readings. A key tele-
    phone may look like 3 ringers, etc Capacitance is most
    important with the D. C. winding resistance next. At one
    flip per second, coil inductance is very irnportant, too. As
    for detecting phones without ringers, Pa Bell can't do ~t.
    I have 17 telephones and a key systemtI use my own "one
    bell simulator", 3650ohms and . 47 mid. in series) . You
    cen safely conn,ect as many ringerless phones as you like.
    Peace be with you on the ~ndems forever(ica-chirp).
    -Almon B. Strowge r, CA. -
    NaTE:Connecting extra extensions is in Issue #1.
    
    B.. WE [0TEB ~ BO~6
    
    by MilLon Moritz, Unlted Telephone System
    
    I personally vlew tbe red box as a much less dan-
    gerous item to us than Ihe blue bo~ ~be ba~sls for thiá
    is as foll~ws;
    
    1. Ihe red box does not work on all F~Y pt~ones. ~e
    electronlc tones wEich it produces match those of the
    new "single slot" EuY stations. Older pay phones still
    use the two internal bells to register t~e coins dropped
    inLo the phone.
    
    2. Telephone operators are trained the electronlc
    tones. Our pay stations all produee exactly the same
    tones. If the red box is slightly out of adJustrnent, the
    operator will normally recognize the tone as aboormal
    and report the call for further inqulry or lnvestlgatior~
    
    3. Each toll call, whether from a residence phone or
    pay station, is rated and billed by our computer. The
    amount of money collected from each pay staffon is also
    reported to data processing and a computer printout
    com~res the calls billed tr that station against ~e
    money collected. When a EnY station starts going "short~
    we immediately check to sse if thls is electromechanlcal
    f~ilare, operator error, data processlng problems, lnt-
    ernal theft, or external theft. Ihieves and cheats are,
    like the rest of ustour emphasis}, crea~res of habit,
    and their activities will form a pattern in a faitly brief
    period of time. ''
    
    Secarity Letter is an anti-ripoff newsletter for corp~
    orations that is itself a ripoff at $48Jyr., and wb~ at-
    tended our convention last year without permission to
    rip us off and report on the convention in TelePhomr
    Ed. Robert McCrie's latest issue, we're told, rips
    off part of Ron Rosenbaum's excellent article from
    the NJilla~e Voice on our second convention. If you
    happen to be receiving SL, you're wasting your money.
    The articles are a waste and filled with~stolen)errors.
    anyway. -TAP.
    Dear TAP,
    In a past issue, you told us about Secority Letter,

    





    and I sent off for a subscript~on. Why the fuck didn't
    you people tell me that they also charge $48 a year
    for a subscription to their 4-page deal tbat comes
    out every 2 weeks. A little hint about sending tele-
    grams by phone: I sent ~ne to F.lorida on April 29,
    and didn't get the bill until September 1. A rlice little
    thing to Iceep in mind.. . You mentioned this obliquely
    in one issue, but I thought I'd clarify it. To get a call
    for a nickel on a fortress phone: insert a n~ckel. You
    will hear a slight chan~e in the background noise. Hold
    down the hook switch until you hear a very ~int click
    in the handset, about a second. Let up the hookswitch,
    and you ha~re a di~ tone. Unfortunately, the dt~1 Wi~
    not be connected, so you have to tap out the nurnber on
    the hookswitch, which talces practice.
    
    -CS, EIOUSTON-
    Dear Persons,
    Under the bank Security Act, passed sover~1 years
    ago, al1 banl~s that handle checking accounts must
    make photo copies of all cancelled checks and keep
    mlcrofilm records in ~eir central records dept. Ihese
    copies can be inspected on demand by Treasury Dept.
    agents) without any warrants whatsoever. When the
    Fed snoops get around to harrassing radical liber-
    ~ria nstindividualist anarchists) then I'll be under
    strong possiLility that B~g Brother is watohing my
    financial transactions. Until then, howover, I'm not
    going to ~ve them a head start over a miniseule 50½
    check to YIPL. (I'm not sayinq "I don't care until it
    hits me"). ACLU, Proxmire and others are fighting
    the Act, but Ghairman Patrnan of the House Banking
    committe is tor it and won't hold hearings on it.
    
    -RE, NY-
    NOTE: TAP suggests readers send money orders,
    whlch need not contain your rea1 narne or address.
    
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