From: nitejoker@aol.com (NiteJoker)Reply-To: nitejoker@aol.com (NiteJoker)Newsgroups: alt.2600Subject: PHREAKING - A guide for beginnersDate: 31 Aug 1995 01:51:22 -0400Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)Message-ID: <423ikq$bpc@newsbf02.news.aol.com>Simple, easy to read, and informative.  Don't get caught.  Read thedisclaimer.       	    		        /-------------------\        	        	   | Becoming A Phreaker |        	        	   +---------------------+        	        	   |The Quick n' Easy Way|        	        	   \---------------------/        	        	       /-------------\        	        	      < By NightJoker >        	        	       \-------------/So, you want to be a phreaker, and you want to do it the Quick 'n EasyWay, eh?  Well, no fear, your obdn't servant, NightJoker is here!  ifyou've been a wannabe phreaker for years, but don't have the patienceor know-how to make some of the more advanced boxes, this is for you.This file will show how to make one of the easiest boxes, which willmake your life fun, and your enemies cringe (OK, maybe not *cringe*exactly, more like be really pissed off...).  Using readily availibleparts from your nearest Radio Shack, you too can be up there with theranks of Cap'n Crunch (well, you'd actually have to do something prettydamn daring or revoulutionary, but practice, practice, practice!).Notice the lack of ALL CAPS or an硁畂y#秈ng gi葴bb疔eri苨h.  This iseasy to read, easy to follow, and lots of phun.  I've done my best tomake it so that the instructions can be followed if some of the theASCII art gets fucked up in the transfer.  Just wing it.The BEIGE BoxThe beige box is the primary source of entertainment for the phreaker. With some experience, you can successfully make long distance phonecalls, obscene/prank calls, and other stuff, all on someone else'sbill. The beige box is simply a ripoff linemans handset.  You know, thebright orange ones that you see linemans holding while they cling to atelephone pole? But of course, no phreaker in their right mind is goingto climb up a pole! You're going to stay nice and safe on the ground.All this is is a normal phone with a special cable.  Simple.The construction:	Now using the minimmum of parts, you could create a basic beigebox.(1) Phone cable with the wires color-coded(1) Telephone(2) Alligator clips, green and red.It's best to use an X-Acto-style knife, or a utility knife.Now, find a phone cable (the one that goes between the wall and phone,not the handset cable).  It should be a couple feet long.  Carefullyslice it open near on plug - do it slowly, and not too deep, so thatyou dont cut any wires. Peel it open slightly, and if you see severalwires that are colored, great. If all you see is some wires that aren'tcolored, forget it, that'll be too hard (tape it up with some scotchtape, maybe your mom won't notice).Now that you've found your cable, cut off one end, a few inches fromthe connector.  Save this connector (with a few inches of cable) forlater.  Slice the covering back 3-4 inches, and cut it off, leaving thecolored wires intact. There sould be four wires - red, green, black,and yellow.  To be able to use the wire for other things later, tapethe black and yellow paralell to the cable, so they won't get into theway.  Now, strip abot a half an inch of the red and green wires.  Tostrip it, take your knife, and lay the cable on a hard table. Take thered wire, and press it to the table with your finger, about 2 inchesfrom the end.  Taking the knife, position it about a half an inch fromthe end, the point on the wire. Slowly and gently, swipe the knife AWAYfrom you, towards the end of the wire.  You should make a thin cutalong the wire. If you have not cut all the way through, do it again. Carefully separate the wire from the insulation.  You should have awire, with the end splitting into a piece of insulation and a piece ofwire.  Cut off the insulation - dont cut the wire!  Do the same thingfor the green wire.  Now, you should have a phone cable, with a connector at one end, and asripped green and red wire at the other end.Go to the nearest electronic store.  They should sell little baggies of alligator clips with colored plastic sheathes - make sure they don'thave wire attatched to them.  These cost about $1.50.  Buy (orotherwise get) a bag that has a red and green clip. Now, take your redand green clips, and slip the sheathe off of them.  They should slideright off, and leave the metal clip that has a small screw attatched toit, or a tab with a hole in it.  Unscrew the screw until there isenough space to wrap the wire around it. Wrap the properly colored wirearound it, and screw it in.  Or, stick the wire in the tab, and wrap itaround a few times, until ther is no stripped wire left.Give it alittle tug to see if it's secure.  Put the sheathe back on.  Do it tothe other wire. 	OK, you now have a phone cord, that has a plug atone end, and a redand green alligator clip, attached to the same colored wires, at theother end. 	Your're done!     +-------------------------------------------------------------------+  |     *Into Your Phone                     Attach the clips to these|  |     *                                                       ,     |  |     *                                        +++Black.......,...  |     | +-----+              /   /              +++++               ,  .  |       | +-+   |-------------/---/------------+++++++++++++++Red,,,,,,  .  |        | +-+   |-----------//--//-------------+++++++++++++++Green,,,,  .  |       | +-----+          /   /                  +++++                  .  |       |                                              +++Yellow..........  |       |                                                                .  |       |                                                                .  |       |                                 Tape these back.................  |       +-------------------------------------------------------------------+NOTE:  If you (A) can't find the right cable, or (B) are too damn lazy,Radio Shack sells cables with a standard phone connector at one end,and spade lugs connected to the colored wires at the other end.  Justcut off the connecors, and strip the wires.How to use it:How old is your house?  If it was built or if the phone system wasupgraded within the last 20 years, go to the side of the house whereyour gas and electrical meters are.  You should find the power box(where the breakers are) that wierd things with all the pipes and ameter (the gas thingie), and, maybe, a grey box with some wiresattatched to it.  Now, this might be your cable hookup, but if there'sa Bell logo on it, that's probably it.  If you can't find it, look inthe backyard.  Once you've found it, see if there is some sort of bolton it.  If it dosen't have one, reach under the box, and find the edgeof the cover.  Grab it, and pull down and out.  It should open up.  Ifit dosen't, try the sides, or the top.  If it sitll dosen't, look againfor a bolt.  If there is one, go to the handy-dandy hardware store, andget yourself a 7/16 inch hex driver.  This should open up the box. This can also be used to open up other kinds of telco switch boxes. Once you have it open, you may see several things:= Four wires, red, green, black, and yellow, hooked up to four posts bya screw.= A bunch of wires - look for the red, green, black, and yellow ones.= If you live in an apartment building, a bunch of rows of plastic,with metal tabs sticking out of them.  There should be wires coming outof most of the tabs, that are colored red, green, black, and yellow. They should be labeld with apartment numbers or phone numbers.  Lookfor yours.= One or two thick cables, connected to something else.  This is acable box, bozo.  If you want free cable, figure it out.= A shitload of spiders.  Get the RAID.Now, get a phone - the ones that are the "slimline" kind are the best,or the kind that are just a handset, and no base are better.  Plug yourmodified cable into this.  Making sure that the switch for the handsetis down, clip the red clip to the post/terminal witht the red wire. This is the RING terminal. It's usually on the right - remember thephreakers adage: ring-red-right. Connect the green clip to the greenwired post/terminal.  Make sure they are firmly attached, and nottouching any other wires.  Now, pick the phone up, and (hopefully) youshould hear a dial tone.  If not, adjust the clips (can't touch anyother posts, remember!).  If that dosen't work, then switch the clips(if that's the problem, just switch the colored insulation on theclips).    +--------------------------------------------------------------+    |             The Telephone Network Box                        |