From: htoaster@yabbs
To: all@yabbs
Subject: redboxing
Date: Thu Feb  3 10:16:37 1994

the radio shack dialer plays the codes way slow as well, compared to what
they really sound like.  If you want to compare them in a nice and easy way
find a payfone that doesn't mute the handset when you drop quarters in
(lots of handsets still don't), tape the quarter tone, digitize it, and then
digitize your redbox.  Put one on the left channel and one on the right 
channel.  Pretty big difference in speed, and the freqs are a little off
as well if you us a 6.5535 crystal (6.5 is better, 6.4xxx something is
supposed to be the best).

All of this redbox stuff is quite lame though.  You aren't learning about
the system, just abusing it for your own personal benefit.  They might have
been cool a few years ago, but who cares these days.  Is it really that big
of a deal to pay a few dollars for ld calls...

If you really want a cool box look at the Hacktic demon dialer.  I saw the
one that the 2600 people own a few years ago.  Pretty impressive.  And they
claim it can be put into a very small case (about the size of a memory
dialer, maybe smaller).  Lets you pretty much program any two channel (or 
maybe more) sound you want, set them up for hotkeys, has a access code you
need to type in to get to the fun stuff (otherwise it is just a dtmf 
player).  expensive though...

alex