> A red box can only make the tones that pay phones make when you put coins
> into them. I have heard that a lot of stuff in the phone system has been
> changed, but I'd bet that there are still phones out there that tell the
> company you've paid by making those tones... Certainly there were when the
> Newton came out.
The system is somewhat more sophisticated now, but allegedly still capable
of being spoofed - haven't messed with in 20 years or more.
> Other colored boxes make other tones that let you do more interesting stuff
> than getting free calls.
> -Sam
Like, maybe, .... tying in the continent-spanning (so called) "super trunk
lines" that were in use then, or creating general havoc with your
local/regional switching office ?
Paul Nuernberger
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