TAP No. 48 - Legal Blue Box, Info Rain Data Service, Edison's Interview

Tom Edison: One of the major reasons I am displeased with what TAP has become is that you have spent nearly 50% of the damn space bitching and venting your spleen and other organs about what you don't like about us, the readers. We subscribed because the original version contained inter- esting and useful information, not the ravings of an ego-maniac who is pissed at himself because he can't handle the job, and wants somebody else to do it for him. Knock off the crap, and get back to business, or I shall cancel also. Wash., D.C. I received the above letter a few days ago and usually when- ever someone feels strongly enough to take the time to write @ poison pen letter to the editor, there are probably many other readers that feel the same way but are just too damn lazy to voice their opinions or they feel that their complaint letters will never see the editorial page. I could have taken the easy way out and just thrown away your letter but I feel that anybody that takes the time to write me deserves a reply. I'm very sorry that you disapproved of all my bitching but it WAS necessary! People are basically lazy. TAP readers are almost dead! To try and get some of our readers to write an article is almost as impossible as trying to get Bell to reduce phone rates! I honestly hoped that if I antagonized enough readers they would get off their asses and write me, even if they began their letter with "Stop bitchin’, Edison, here's the info you wanted." No such luck. I then tried an "open door" policy where I decided to tell our readers EXACTLY where we stocd financially, I let you all know that we needed new subscribers fast. As an immediate result to all of your NON- action, I was forced to increase subscription rates! In another attempt to get some help I opened the TAP office from 12 noon to 9:00 PM for the months of July & August. Do you know how many TAP readers came in to help? I won't embarrass TAP by telling you how many people came in, but you could count them all on one hand and still have fingers left over to finger-fuck your girlfriend while cleaning out your ear wax with your pinky! As for being an eqo-maniac, I plead guilty! I'd be a hypocrite if I told you that going from a lowly subscriber to editor-in-chief hadn't given me a swell head! As for being pissed at himself because I can't handle the job, you're partially right! I AM pissed that I can't do a better job but considering the fact that since I joined TAP we've published regularly and the fact that I have a full time outside job along with several other part time jobs, I don't feel that that I've fucked up the job too much, do you? And as for wanting someone else to do the work for me, you're absolutely correct! I'd like nothing better than to sit on my fat ass just collecting the money and let some other sucker do all the work, but unfortunately it's just not happening that way. I wish that some of you who are bitching about the lack of technical info in our more recent issues could spend just one day at the TAP office! After 47 issues, there is just so much reader supplied info. I admit that T've had to scrape the bottom of the barrel sometimes for articles, but at least I've tried, which is more than I can say for most of you! Don't complain to me about the lack of technical info! You send it to me and I'll print it! And finally, don't you threaten me about canceling your sub. Nobody put a gun to your head to force you to subscribe and I can assure you that even without your subscription, TAP will survive! =~ A JAN-FEB 1978 Pay Bills by Phone ASTOMATIC Telephone Payments (ATP) is an idea whose time has arrived. The service may be ‘offered by 100 banks throughout thé country the next few months. Why do consumers like the idea? ‘Toe overwhelming plus 1s that It's easy amd convenient. 18 saves ‘lots of time, There are no checks to write, ‘no envelopes to seal or address, no stamps to lick. You can pay Bilis without leaving your home or office. You can use the service almost any ume. day of night, Even when you are out of town, you can eall in your bill payments If you didn't have time before you left. 'ATP cuts down on paperwork, Your record-teeping ls made simpler, And it ellminates the embarrassment of writ- ing bed checks for regular bills, If, usually far cheaper than conventional bill-paylng methods. It can cost ax little a5 a 10<ent or 20cen call, Some financial institatlons charge no service tee Some charge a cionthly flat fee of $2 to #4. Some charge iOcent of 1scent fee per transactlo ‘Consumers who use the service ik are set up to handle only the regular, og payments, which accougt for 60 Yo 70 per cent of your financial ‘obtigations. However, the service has encountered customer resist. ‘ance bn some markels, Because it's such a new and innovative ides, people don't understand what it's all about. The unfe- miliar naturally breeds suspicion. Drawbacks volced by thote who have not used the service include the fear that they will somehow lote contrat Over their payment process. Rut payments ate made only to Fenilors whom you've autborized abead of time, And pay- ments are not made unless you make the phone call to activate the payment. ‘Some folks prefer the security of having canceled checks ment. ATP systems furnish » monthly state- transaetlons. The tnternal Revenue Service accepts nly statement as proof of payment as long #3 the bank backs it up..However, in some localitites, courts have not yel ruled wheiher ATP stalements will be sufficient [proof of payment in all situations. Some people worry that the system may be too compll- cated for them to operate. But afier placing the phone ‘call, you gel stepbystep Instractions from live operstar of Fecording. Concern has been expressed that privacy will be lost — that your bank will find out your bill-paying habits. But if you aow have a checking account, your bill-paying habits sre ‘already known to your bank, ‘Some persons don't want to mix thelr transaction funds with their savings funds. This refers to ATP service offered ‘By thrift institutions in states that prohibit them from offer. ing payment accounts, But money in savings stcounts re- celven interest up to the time you" authorize payments to be tasde — an advantage over plating your money in « regular Giving up “the ftoat” is anotber reason some people don't favor ATP. You must have funds in the bank at the Une you auth t. No chance to race to the tank te ‘makes last-minute deposit before the check clears. Ma Bell Strips ‘A. new patient was quite upset when the doctor's nurse Jed him to a curtained cublele and told him to undress. “But I only want the doctor to look at my ingrown toe- nail!” he protested. “Our rule is that everyone undresses,” curtly answered the nurse as she left him. “Durn fool rule,” grumbled the patient as he comped, “making me undress to look at my toe!” “That's nothing.” came a ‘voice trom the next cubicle, “ came in to install another telephone.”” NO. 48 © Youth Hot Line Reports, Inc. 1978- Do not make checks out to Youth Hot Line Reports, PLEASE] Movement groups may reprint without permission with TAP's address given with cll credits. Please send us a copy of reprinted work, Warning: We will prosecute copyright violators. IF YOU FIND MISTAKES in this publicativz, please consider that they are there for & purpose. 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It’s basically a manual of violent mayhem that covers homemade weapons, arson, explosives, dirty tricks, and coynter— feiting. Saxon accurately bills it as “the most outrageous book on improvised weaponry ever. FMJB is divided into two is ty Saxon and concerns yourself style nastiness and destruction. Typical torics are “tear fas’, “cherical delay igniters”, "the eleven shot shotgun”, and tomb handling and protection.” Material is clearly fresented in Saxon’s very unieue and humorous style. The plars and formulas are simple but effective and so are easily enacted by even the most drue-crezed and morally bankrupt TAP reader. sections. The first general do-it- The second half of PMJB is a technical paper on arson written ty a member of the other side (ie: a perker). It’s quite extensive ard concentrates on the “how to’s” of this growth industry. Highly recommended for anyone who has a burning desire (ugh) to get even with the FoneCo. The only way in which PYJB can be faulted is in the fact that a small amount of information is outdated and thus inaccurate. For example, ammonium nitrate (an explosive mentioned) is no longer available in flant nurseries. Nicotine insecticide, for which Saxon has a rather novel vse, has also gcne the way of the three slot Feyfone. It is, however, only a2 small amount of information in-PMJB that is erroneous and the enterrrisine reader will quickly discover what material no longer applies. The Survivor is a monthly newsletter Fublished by Saxon. It’s supposed to be a continuation of PMJB but in ty ofinior does not fulfill this role. It seers to be concerned with surviving some sort of vague catastrophe (as the name implies). I was never one for imminent disaster and do not find most cf the waterial relevant. A lot of it deals with various aspects of (post blowout) Friritive lifestyle such as tlacksithing, windpower, survival nutrition, etc. There is sore material which corrects and adds to PMJR (the letters column is best in this respect) tut the majority of the material in The Survivor 15 concerned with making it past that tig bummer. A lot of this information is simply reprints from old formularies that (like Eenley’s) that Saxon is big on but seem to be of little value. If you’re into the “coming crash’ mentality youd probably enjoy The Survivor. On the cther hard, TAP reader who'd rather screw Bell then stalk the wild rutabaga it’s of limited value. But PMJB is a gem! Late note: Saxon is now selling a new edition of PYJE that includes some additional texts on fireworks for $12.00. I have not seer this new edition tut am sure it is well worth the money teing asked. The Survivor is $&.@@ per year for a monthly sub. Both are available from: Atlan Formularies, Box 482, Eureka Calif 95501. * the name of this colurn cores from Eno’s sone Miss Shapiro”: “and the information rain slashed the dirty window panes in the square.” Flease direct any comments, criticism, etc to Information Rain Data Service c/o TAP. I am esrecially interested in knowing if there is interest in having this become a regular column reveiwing sore of the more “unique” material teing rutlished these days. The Elephant and the Gnat Asso that was the phone company in 1971. Since then, it’s balloon S75-billion-dollar-, per- year mega-giant. ‘At the time, the phone phreaks—ATT’s sworn enemy, those people who use devious electro-wizardry like blue boxes and black boxes—have grown by an even greater percentage, Although stil tiny by comparison in actual umbers. One important offshoot of thi crafty subculture is a publication.called Tap. ‘Scenes first covered TAP in 1971, when it was a baby newsletter with only 100 sub- scribers. In 1974, originator and editor Al bimonthly readership. Here are just a Bell abdicated to successor Tom Edison few: all those involved go by pseudonyms for" @Way's to hook into the worldwide mili: protection), and over the past three years, tary Audovan system and have access to Eulison has expanded the sheet, bringing to any important “hot line it an international readership of over @Plans for making special improved 200 slugs for pay phones, or where 0 get At this point, there are literally hundreds of ideas that’ TAP spreads among its “Although we call TAP an ‘information only’ source, we do encourage all our readers to send in any hot tips about a new gadget or development. No matter what sophisticated technology Ma Bell comes up with to snuff us out, one of us always invents a way around it. shares it through the paper, and soon all the phreaks are on top again,” grinned Edison, himself a crack electronics specialist. “We've now become so popular we've rented an office at 1201 Broadway, room 608. It's open every Wednesday afternoon until 9 p.m, Anyone can come in and rap with us about phone problems, get infor- mation, or just swap stories about what's going on in the scene. And we've even set service called ‘MEAT’ so phreaks can discover each other within their own cities.” (Subscriptions are $5 for 10 issues; $7 first-class. Mailing address: TAP, room 504, 142 W. 42nd Street, New ‘York, N.Y. 10036). them. ‘eMethods for turning trattic lights green while remaining in your cat Latest schemes for getting free elec: tricity ‘@How to lower phone bills every month by repunching the computer card, creating ‘a special refund that gets deducted from the next month's bill Doesn't anybody ever get caught in a rip-off enterprise of this magnitude? casionally,"” Edison admitted. “But not often, We're extremely careful. I's impos: sible to telephone us, and we screen all our requests very thoroughly. The ones that look suspicious get distouraging replies. We shred every single piece of discarded paper. Man, does ATT hate us.” he chuck: led. "'You know, there's really nothing they can do, All their tracking machinery's become so complex and expensive. it's impossible for them to.aheck eutand verity every suspicion. if you are the average techrophreak ‘The above article originally appeared in the September 26th issue of THE VILLAGE VOICE in the Scenes column written by Howard Smith & Leslie Harlib, This is as good a time as any to publically thank the Voice and especially Smith & Harlib for giving us a plug now and again when we needed it. I've been a Voice subscriber for 18 years and I go back to when it was 10¢ and 10 pages. It's now 60¢ and well over 100 pages and while some Voice readers feel that the new large size makes the Voice less intimate, I personally feel that the increase in size has made for a wider range of topics and writers. The fascinating information in Smith's Scenes column alone is worth the price of the issue. I owe Howard Smith a personal vote of thanks because it was his TAP plug in the September 1974 issue of the Voice that enabled me to write to TAP for a subscription which led eventually to my becoming Editor of TAP. A one year subscription costs $18 or you may sub for half a year for $9. Write to: The Voice, Subscription Dept., 643 Ryan Way, Marion, Ohio 43302, Tell 'em Tom Edison sent ya. NEW RATES !! Back Issues are £0¢ each. Subscriptions ~ 10 issues - US Bulle rate $5. US First Class in plain sealed envelope $7. Canada & Mexico First Class $7. Foreign $8 IMPORTANT! tnclude matting Inbel or Xerox copy to TAP about your subscription, iy $1.20. purses - S0¢ each A - DC Basics, Phone Basics, D- Amplifiers, $4. Specify size: Small, Med., Large, X-Large. Send only check or money order (No Cask) to” TAP, Room 418, 162 West 42 Street, New York, N.Y. ‘This'is a mall dbop only, OFFICE: 1201 Broadway, Room 608, New York, N,¥, 10091, HOURS: WEDNESDAY, £7 9pm: 10086 312A TRUNK meney Cuectmow cs, TEST SET PALO ALTO, CALIF @) see w4av MEER "Tp ‘ : eee eee eee eee MODEL 312A = ‘The Barry Electronics Modal 3124 Trunk Test Set 1 bulthin trunk montaring fer tasting Incoming end out the telephone craftsman to eanltor the truck under tas! via @ bullida loudapeaker of to actually communicate on the trunk belng texted by using the “TEL SET” jacks and » standard telephone headsal, Two Light Emitlng Dlode {LED} front panel Indicators show the craferan trunk battery potsrlly, "NORMAL" polerlly (Battery on Ring) lights ona LED white “REVERSE” polatity (Ballary on Tip) lights the other LED, Battery reversal supervision and signaling are quickly and ‘unambiguously displayed, Parallel connected “TRUNK” Jacks allow other feat Instruments to be connected to the trunk under fast along with the 342A, This feature, fs particulary usatul in transmisalon and noise testing with the 3128 belog table Uulltrequency (MF) ond Dist Putse (DP) sander with aterotice trunks and unk equipment. Provision ts made tor cused to outpuise the proper test number for 1 miiwall last tone oF “qulat Woe” with an external fel meter In parallel te ensure the lone of noise level, Au {slated and tridglog “METER” lack Iv provided on the 312A for connecting {ntrumenta with unbalanced and/or low impedence inputs tothe (runk under test. Mony tasiumente such a3 spectrum fenalyrera, wave snatyrere, end vacuum tube vollmelers have such Inputs and these are normally dlifeuit io connect 0 & ‘balanced trunk wiinout « bridging ampliler, Six highly stable transistor eacilators provide the standard 700, £00, 1100, 11300, 1500, and 1700 HE LAF frequencies for produclog af! MF codes Including XP2, Cade 11, and Coda 12, thus making ‘tha 312A unaul for testing CAMA, TSPS, ond Internatfonal Diret Distance Dis! (]DOD) tra. Wormal power tor the 312A ts -48 VDC from the central alice battery. With option O1,the 312A In powered elther by the -ABV central office battery oF {ty own tternat battery pack. Dear TAP, Thank you for your inquiry concerning tho 312A HP & DP Trunk Test Set. We are currently supplying a number of Bell System and Independent telephone companies with this test set. The primary area of interest and application has beon in switching maintenanes. I have enclosed several data sheeta for your con- venience. ‘The 312A Trunk Test Set is far less costly tnan competitive instruments, and yet has superior performance and features. The price of the 312A, which operates from both central office battery supoly and its own internal battery puci, is 3650. The snall size and lisht weight makes the 312A very vorsatile and easy to use. 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