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___| INTRODUCTION |___
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Have you ever wanted a lineman's handset? Surely every phreak has at
least once considered the phun that he could have with one. After searching
unlocked fone company trucks for months, we had an idea. We could build one.
We did, and named it the "Beige Box," simply because that is the color of
ours. In the following file, we will give complete instructions for the con-
struction and use of a Beige Box.
___| CONSTRUCTION |___
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The construction is very simple. First, you must understand the concept
of the device. In a modular jack, there are four wires. These are red,
green, yellow, and black. For a single line telefone, however, only two
matter: the red (ring) add green (tip). The yellow and black are not neces-
sary for this project. A lineman's handset only has two clips on it: the ring
and the tip.
You will need a fone (we recommend a touch-tone) with a modular plug, a
modular jack, and two large alligator clips (preferably red and green, respec-
tively). Take the modular jack and look at the bottom of its casing. There
should be a gray jack with four wires (red, green, yellow, and black) leading
out of it. To the end of the red wire attach a red alligator clip. To the
end of the green wire attach a green alligator clip. The yellow and black
wires can be removed, although I would only set them aside so that you can use
the modular jack in future projects. Now insert your telefone's modular plug
into the modular jack. That's it.
This particular model is nice because it can be inexpensive, uses common
parts that are readily available, is small, is lightweight, and does not re-
quire the destruction of a fone.
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There are many uses for the Beige Box. However, before you can use it,
you must know how to attach it to its output device. This device can be any
of several Bell switching apparatus that include terminal sets (i.e., remote
switching centers, bridging heads, cans, etc.) To open most Bell Telefone
switching apparatus, you must have a 7/16 inch hex driver. This piece of
equipment can be picked up at your local hardware store. With your 7/16 hex
driver, turn the security bolt(s) approximately 1/8 of an inch counter-clock-
wise and open. If your output device is locked, then you must have some
knowledge of destroying and/or picking locks. However, we have never encoun-
tered a locked output device. Once you have opened your output device, you (
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