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They had over 100,000 files available for users to download form various countries such as the U.S.A., Canada, Finland, Sweden, Germany, France, Spain and the United Kingdom. Rusty & Edie's received over 4,000 calls per day through 124 lines. The users of this BBS all had to pay a yearly fee of $89 to receive access. This would mean that from the 14,000 users the sysops would collect about 1.2 million dollars a year. The bbs received more than 3.4 million phone calls since when they were establishled in 1987. Seized in the raid were 124 high speed modems valued at approximately 37,000 dollars. Hard-drives, cases, monitors, tape backups, and systems were also seized totalling at least 50,000 dollars. Remember boys and girls pirating is a serious crime so do not try this at home.  Another One Bites the Dust!  ηβ”δ€ BUSTED!   TROEC known as The Realm Of Eternal Chaos has just recently been busted. Troec was located in MD and since the raid it's name has been changed to Eternal Madness and it supplies all Public Domain software. The bbs was busted because of some looser (his identity is still unknown to us) called the Microprose BBS and posted a letter saying that Malicious Damage and TROEC had their software. Because of this Microprose somehow called over to TROEC and warned the sysop to get it off his BBS. Later however Microprose got some looser's Handle, password and phone number and called over to TROEC. After seeing many Microprose games and full documentation the BBS was later raided. Users also had to pay 20 dollars for an annual fee to get an exemption and more time (to download pirate stuff). Users are still upset because they will probably not receive a refund.  Some Users are Loozers  β„z”βαŽ‡k  As some may already know RazorBack was the sysop of a half decent elite bbs with no ratios. About 2 months ago RazorBack for unknown reasons took down his bbs and told people he just got tired of running it. Well since then RazorBack hasn't been on the Pirate scene at all and in fact has hurt it more than anything. RazorBack has taken it upon himself to rat on elite bbs's. What RazorBack gets out of this I can not determine but one thing is certain he is not doing anyone a favor, except the software companies. We suggest that RazorBack if he still is on any bbs's is booted off immediately. He is such a loozer that he will hurt any bbs even a PD one. Shame on you RazorBack.  D’XX  Well Daxx has also been blacklisted from many boards. Now you may be familiar with his bbs "Elite Sector" well when you logged on to that bbs did you ever expect your password and alias to be used on another bbs. Well the rumor that has been denied is that Daxx used one of his users's password and alias to get on another bbs and uploaded a virus that killed the computer. The explanation is that daxx did this because the bbs was in competition with his and he wanted all their users. As I have said this rumor has been denied but there is sufficient evidence. Whether this was done intentionally or not is also just a rumor as of now. Sysops should also be prepared for viruses and should have a virus checker to check all the uploads. Had the sysop taken those precautions this event would have gone by causing no serious problems. Also Daxx has been blacklisted for threatening to turn some pirate boards in. Because of that some people have been very pissed at him and this last event got him permanently blacklisted on many boards. Daxx is supposedly a hacker and a cracker but these are not known for certain. The next document you will see was written by the former sysop of the Paragon BBS. Black Angel #3 @2 Fri Feb 26 01:36:59 1993 As all of you know I know longer run a board anymore and don't plan to.. But what you don't know is the real reason why I'm not runing one alot of you have heard many reasons like I got busted, hacked or because I thought you all where lamers well first off I don't know how everyone thinks I got busted because I would not even kid about such thing.. I will admit that I posted a message saying that all users in maryland where lamers and yes I even gave alot of my users a hard time when I ran a board but I made a mistake like so many of us do and if I where to do it all over again I would not have made them but it's a little late for that now... But I want you all to know that my board went down because I wanted it to my board was taken down by your good buddy DAXX who I gave sysop access to because I thought he was my friend and I trusted him.. As many of you know I was in ForceNet at one time and DAXX was the one who kept it going and he also made up all of the net files for all the boards anyway I did an arcive on a file called NET898 that was uploaded by DAXX after that I could no longer access neather of my drives or tape backup.. If it where not for Hammer I would still be without my computer today as part of my daily board maint I had my sysop logs backed up to tape every night and it was not until my system was fixed did I find out that DAXX uploaded me a VIRUS of some kind the file NET898 was u/l'ed by DAXX as it shows in my system logs.. The reason DAXX did this was I found out 2 weeks later was that  he told a person that I had a better board file wise because I was getting all the newest files as they came out and I was getting better and more post coming from my part of the net... As I recall he even posted in a Net sub we had set up between our 3 boards that he was being held hostage because of the number of post coming from my board... If most of you who have been bbsing for a long time remember how DAXX would take out boards for no reason E-mail Eagle and he'll tell you about DAXX most of you might remember a board called lazor zone DAXX took him out for no reason and Eagle use to run that board. But anyway when I posted the messag about all of you being lamers I did that  because I thought one of my users did that stuff to me and got mad at all users instead of taking the time to find out the real bastard who did it to me.. I know that DAXX won't have the balls to tell me why he thought it was nessary to take me out but that won't be of no suprise to me also I can bet that daxx won't have the balls to respond to this so that I can read it I don't have an account on his system so it will have to be through the net and if you see this on elite sector it will also suprise me as well..... IYou guys may not belive what i'm say here in this post and right now I can't offer you any proof because I no longer have my old system logs but sysop's that i've talked to from other boards does belive me because they stated that DAXX will NEVER get access on their boards and if he has access he'll be deleted.. After all DAXX is the one who is trying to get Hammer to talk to me so i'll be his friend again.. Well thats about it you will belive what you want and do as you feel you must do but I hope you all will remember 2 things and they are (1) I can make mistakes because i'm not perfect.. (2) I'm really sorry tfor those who got offended by the post about lamers because no matter how mad I was I never should have said that to any of you.  P’ββ’G™₯ ααS  As you may already know The Paragon BBS is no longer running. Well of course after the Rusty & Edie's bust many speculated that Paragon also got busted. There were many other rumors spreading as well but the final answer to the question is that Paragon was in fact  NOT BUSTED.  Instead the sysop Black Angel decided he was sick of running a bbs because of the "lamers". Well many criticize Black Angel for changing his bbs so much and then taking it off but we shouldn't criticize him because we weren't the ones running it. The document above I hope clears up all questions regarding Paragon BBS. In the misc. section of this magazine look for our interview with DAXX because hopefully that interview will also answer many questions.  ΙΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝ»  Ί Ί  Ί ANARCHY Ί  Ί Ί  ΘΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΌ  The SMOKE Bomb  This issues focus will be on the infamous smoke-bomb. The smoke bomb while resonably safe should not be created under any circumstances, this file is for INFORMATION purposes only. To make a smoke bomb as with any project first you must collect the materials. Materials: Potassium Nitrite Sugar Match Heads 91%-100% alchol Take the potassium nitrite (KNO3 or salt peter) and mix it with the sugar in a 1:1 to 6:4 potassium nitrate, the more potassium nitrate the more smoke, the faster it burns and the more dangerous to make. If this is your first explosive you may even wish to use a 2:1 or even a 3:1 ratio. This will make a lot of smoke still and is safer to make. After you have combined the suger and KNO3 in a pot cook it on LOW on an electric stove, no gas stoves unless you have a death wish, until it is whitish and a little lumpy through in a couple of match heads for ignition and wait till it dries. After it dries add the alchol (hopefully 97% or better) and stirr it in really good. Put it in your container and stick a fuse in it. Warning: a pound of this stuff will fill a city block!!!  FUSES  Under many circumstances you will come across the word fuse. Now most of you should know what one is, but it is another matter completely to be able to make one. Below is extensive directions on how to make a few different fuses. Keep in mind that if it suits your purposes a cirgerette cut however short will continue to burn. A whole one lasts for about 20 min.  Slow Burning Fuse  Materials: cotton string or 3 shoelaces potassium nitrate or potassium chlorate granulated sugar Procedure: 1. wash the cotton string or shoelaces in HOT soapy water, then rinse with fresh water. 2. mix the following together in a glass bowl: 1 part potassium nitrate or potassium chlorate 1 part granulated sugar 2 parts hot water 3. Soak strings or shoelaces in this solution. 4. Twist/braid 3 strands together and allow them to dry. 5. Check burn rate to see how long it actually takes. Note: the few inches of this fuse to be inserted into the explosive device must be coated with a black-powder paste to ensure its reliability. This fuse will burn approx. 2 in. per minute.  Fast Burning Fuse  Materials: soft cotton string fine black powder shallow dish or pan Procedure: 1. moisten powder to form a paste 2. twist/braid 3 strands of cotton together 3. rub paste into string and allow to dry 4. check burn rate Note: This fuse will burn approximately 40 in. per minute. How to make POTASSIUM NITRATE for use in the smoke bomb and fuses. Materials needed: ---> 3.5 gallons of nitrate bearing earth or other material ---> 1/2 cup of wood ashes ---> bucket or other similar container about 4 - 5 gallons in volume ---> 2 pieces of finely woven cloth, each a bit bigger than the bottom of the bucket ---> shallow dish or pan at least as large in diameter as the bucket ---> shallow, heat-resistant container ---> 2 gallons of water ---> something to punch holes in the bottom of the bucket ---> 1 gallon of any type of alcohol ---> heat source ---> paper & tape Procedure: 1. punch holes on the inside bottom of the bucket, so that the metal is "puckerd" outward from the bottom 2. spread cloth over holes in bottom 3. place wood ash on cloth; spread it out so that it covers the entire cloth and has about the same thickness 4. place 2nd cloth on top of the wood ashes 5. place the dirt or other material in the bucket 6. place bucket over shallow container (note: it may need supports on the bottom so the drain holes are not blocked) 7. boil water and pour it over the earth very slowly. Do NOT pour it all at once, as this will clog the filter on the bottom 8. allow water to run through holes into the shallow dish on the bottom 9. be sure water goes through ALL of the earth 10. allow water in dish to cool for an hour or so 11. carefully drain the liquid in the dish away, and discard the sludge in the bottom 12. boil this liquid over a fire for at least 2 hours. Small grains of salt will form - scoop these out with the paper as they form 13. when the liquid has boiled down to 1/2 its origional volume let it sit 14. after 1/2 hour add equal volume of the alcohol; when this mixture is poured through paper, small white crystals appear. This is the potassium nitrate. PURIFICATION - redisolve crystals in small ammount of boiling water - remove any crystals that appear - pour through improvised filter then heat concentrated solution to dryness. - spread out crystals and allow to dry Note: Potassium Nitrite can also be bought under the name of Salt Peter in most plant stores as a fertilizer if you are to lazy to work out the above.  Ignition  There is much more to a good ignition then a strike of a match and a simple fuse. If for instance one wanted to set a smoke bomb to go off a teachers seat at exactly 9:43 you could not do this by lighting an approx. fuse. What you can do though is get a bunch of those electric igniters from any hobby store. You then find the alarm circiut in a little radio shack 1 dollar alarm clock. Sorry I can't be more specific about where it is but it is different with all of them. If you want to find out open up the back of one and start cutting wires to see which one turns off the alarm. Anyway you stick the electronic ignitor into the circuit and attach whatever bomb you want to it and set the alarm to whenever you want. As soon as the alarm is supposed to go off the battery sends a little current through the alarm circuit, but instead of the alarm going off the bomb does. This usually works the only problem is that those electric ignitors can not be fully counted on.  ΙΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝ»  Ί Ί  Ί Elite News Ί  Ί Ί  ΘΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΌ  New and Hot Files to Get!  STUNT ISLAND  In Stunt Island from Disney your fly stunts for a movie or you just fly around. There are 32 different stunts and you can make your own. The scenery from Stunt Island is from San Francisco and has sites many sites such as Alcatraz, Golden Gate bridge, farm land, train tunnels, cities and airports. You can choose from many different planes including the stealth, hornet, 747, WWII planes and even a duck. The graphics are unbelievable and it has a lot of digitized speech. Graphics- 9 Sound- 10 Difficulty- 6 Fun- 10 Controls- 6 Overall- 8 10 megs  Populous II  The older Populous took only 720k well Populous II takes over 10 megs. The differences are in much better graphics, sound and speed. There more and different spells but you would must play the game a very long time to use them all. For each level you beat you get more spells ranging from fire, raining fire, lightning and tornados. The landscapes are all the same except for one new addition. If you liked the Populous I and have a smaller hard drive then this game isn't for you but if ya can afford the disk space this game is worth looking at. Graphics- 8 Sound- 7 Difficulty- 9 Fun- 8 Controls- 6 Overall- 7 Compared to the original- 2 10 megs  Summer Games  In this game you simulate being at the summer olympics. You can compete in equestrian, archery, kyacking, high jump, pole vault, decathlon and bicycling. You can play up to ten other players and the computer. Amazing graphics and great sound make the game come alive and make the simulation feel real. Graphics- 10 Sound- 10 Difficulty- 8 fun- 10 Controls- 5 (with Keyboard) 7 with joystick Overall- 9  Other Games Worth Getting Jones in the Fast Lane Quest for Glory I Willy Beamish Shadow President F-29 Retaliator  Files NOT to get!  Sim Life- too complicated King's Quest VI- getting old fast, same plot ect, boring Winter Games- every part of it SUX Island of Dr. Brain- stupid, very stupid, one of em thinking games Grand Prix- bad control, difficult, freezes up, doesn't work with Stacker  ΙΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝ»  Ί Ί  Ί FONE PHUN Ί  Ί Ί  ΘΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΌ  MO MONEY  Getting money from a payphone requires only a few simple things. 1. Intellegence-You have to know when to do this kind of thing. If you do it in broad daylight, with a bunch of people watching you, you'll have the TELCO on you so fast you won't know what happened. 2. You must select a phone that you can have access to its wires. (Look for a plastic shroud running down the wall, or the junction box outside!) On a normal phoneline, only two wires are used:Ring & Tip. (Red & Green). The payphone uses the red and green for its telephone operations, but it also uses the yellow & black to control the coin mech. relays & solenoids. Find a section of the wire where a cut will not be easily seen. Strip off the insulation of the cord, exposing the four wires. Now, get out the all purpose wire cutters (Or finger nail clippers if you like) and cut the black & yellow wires. Now just sit back and let people use the phone! What Happens? Well, when you put money into a payphone, it stays in the coin mechanism until 1 of 2 things happunX 1. You connect your call, talk, and Hangup. After you hangup, your money goes to the collection box. (The only way to get the money then is to rip the box out!) 2. You call a number that doesn't answer, or get busy signal, or something like that, and then hangup. When you hangup, the money goes from the coin mech. to the coin return. That is the key! After the Black & Yellow wires have been cut, the money goes neither to the coin box or coin return! It just sits there! All you have to do is come back at like 3:00 in the morning, re-connect the black & Yellow wires, pick up the handset & put it back down. **********JACKPOT********** All the money that was put in that phone that day comes shooting out the coin return. (Just like in the movies!) It is the AWESOMEIST FEELING! I have collected upto $30 a day doing this to phones all around town! Dangers: The people that put money in and don't get connected or get a busy signal and hang up do NOT get their money back. Usually they will call the operator who inturn calls the Repair Dept. (That is why it is important to cut the wire where it can not be seen. But if you want to do this as a one time thing.........GO FOR IT! Oh yes, alternate phones every other couplple of days or so. Stay on your toes and watch out for white Vans!!!!) If someone sees you taking money out of the coin return (Getting $15 in change out of a phone is not common!) Just say you hung up the phone and all this mony started pouring out! (It doesn't hurt to give them a little of it either!) After a month or two the Phone Co. catches on, so I do not reccomend using one phone for over two weeks. GOOD LUCK!! Oh, bye the way.........I forgot to mention this file is for information only (SNICKER SNICKER)...........Good Luck!!!!!!  BOXES  RED BOX! RED BOX FREQS: 1700 HZ AND 2200 HZ MIXED TOGETHER. A NICKEL IS 66 MS ON (1 BEEP). A DIME IS 66MS ON, 66MS OFF, 66MS ON (2 BEEPS). A QUARTER IS 33MS ON, 33MS OFF REPEATED 5 TIMES. (MS = MILLISECOND) FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DONT KNOW, A RED BOX SIMULATES MONEY BEING PUT INTO A PAY PHONE. YOU MUST PUT IN SOME MONEY FIRST THOUGH (THE OPERATOR CAN TELL IF MONEY WAS PUT IN BUT AS TO HOW MUCH, SHE LETS THE COMPUTER ANSWER THAT. (YEAH FOR THE COMPUTER)). ************************************** How to build a BLACK BOX ***************************************  To all who dare -- What is a BLACK BOX? A BLACK BOX is a device that is hooked up to your phone that fixes your phone so that when you get a call, the caller doesn't get charged for the call. This is good for calls up to 1/2 hour, after 1/2 hour the Phone Co. gets suspicious, and then you can guess what happens. The way it works: What this little beauty does is keep the line voltage from dropping to 10v when you answer your phone. The line is instead kept at 36v and it will make the phone think that it is still ringing while your talking. The reason for the 1/2 hour time limit is that the Phone CO. thinks that something is wrong after 1/2 an hour of ringing. All parts are available Radio Shack. Using the least possible parts and arrangement, the cost is $0.98 !!!! And that is parts for two of them! Talk about a deal! If you want to splurge then you can get a small PC board, and a switch. There are two schematics for this box, one is for most normal phones. The second one is for phones that don't work with the first. It was made for use with a Bell Trimline touch tone phone. ** Schematic 1 for most phones ** **LED ON: BOX ON** FROM >--------------------GREEN-> TO LINE >--! 1.8k LED !---RED--> PHONE !--/\/\/\--!>--! !! ------>/<------- SPST Parts: 1 1.8k 1/2 watt resistor 1 1.5v LED 1 SPST switch You may just have two wires which you connect together for the switch. ** Schematic 2 for all phones ** **LED ON: BOX OFF** FROM >---------------GREEN-> TO LINE >----------RED--> PHONE ! LED ! -->/<--!>-- !! ---/\/\/--- 1.8k Parts: 1 1.8k 1/2 watt resistor 1 1.5v LED 1 DPST switch Here is the PC board layout that I recommend using. It is neat and is very easy to hook up. Schematic #1Schematic #2 ****************************** *** -------* * ----- ** !!* * !! ** ! * * RESISTOR ! ** ! !! * *! ! ** ! !/ * * -------- ! ** ! !\ * * !! ** ! ! / * * --SWITCH-- ** !! \ * * !! ** !! / * L * !! * F L * !! ! * F I>RED--RED>O I>RED----RED>O N>-----GREEN---->N N>-----GREEN------>N E * h* E E ** E ****************************** Once you have hooked up all the parts, you must figure out what set of wires go to the line and which go to the phone. This is because of the fact that LED's must be put in, in a certain direction. Depending on which way you put the LED is what controls what wires are for the line & phone. How to find out: Hook up the box in one direction using one set of wires for line and the other for phone. *NOTE* For Model I switch should be OFF. *NOTE* For Model ][ switch should be set to side connecting the led. Once you have hooked it up, then pick up the phone and see if the LED is on. If it is, the LED will be lit. If is doesn't light then switch the wires and try again. Once you know which are which then label them. *NOTE* - If neither directions worked then your switch was in the wrong position. Now label the switch in its current position as BOX ON. How to use it: The purpose of this box is not to people who call you so it would make sense that it can only be used to receive! calls. When the box is *ON* then you may only receive calls. Your phone will ring like normal and the LED on the box will flash. If you answer the phone now, then the LED will light and the caller will not be charged. Hang up the phone after you are done talking like normal. You will not be able to get a dial-tone or call when the box is on, so turn the box *OFF* for normal calls. I don't recommend that you leave it on all the time, as you don't want it to answer when Ma Bell calls!  ΙΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝ»  Ί Ί  Ί MISC Ί  Ί Ί  ΘΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΌ  SHIT LIST!  list of users who have a bad repuataion  1. Zman- lamer, multipersonalities 2. Razor Back- mentioned above  Top 5 boards in 410 area code  1. Forces Unknown 2. Gods Land 3. Elite Sector 4. Torture Chamber 5. TID  Boards to Look For  1. Hellfire Club 2. Paradox of Insanity 3. Middle Earth 4. Free World II 5. Night Hawk 6. CBE  Commentary  Well after the Christmas rush the software companies have kind of slowed down. I hav'nt seen a good quality game in our new year yet. I'm looking forward to more games like Civilization such as Caesar. Another good game to look for would be Pirates GOLD! Well another problem is the loosers on boards. Because of these loosers many boards have closed and the whole bbs community suffers because of these loosers. Many of these loosers do not post, do not upload or upload ancient files. My biggest problem with loosers is that they many times rename ziped files to another name so they can upload the same file or game. Well maybe if more sysops are aware of who the lamers are the whole community will prosper. -ZEUS  Credits: Editors- Zeus Lizard King Software Critic- Prometheus Zeus  If ya liked this magazine and would like subscribe to it please contact either ZEUS or LIZARD KING on Middle Earth, Night Hawk, Devil's Courier or Palace of the Gods. OR contact us for more info. If you subscribe you will receive in the mail every 2 months an bound issue. You will also receive a short notice through the mail if something important happens. If you are a paying subscriber you can e-mail us any questions about anything. We are usually one of the 1st to be informed so please subscribe. It's only $10 plus $4 shipping and handling. Only $14 for 6 issues and the special issues. We hope to eventually start a mail order catalog for your convenience. We will sell such items as Potassium Nitrate, and other goodies. e-mail me for more info c-ya. We worked hard on this so please subscribe.  thanx go out to.. Hammer Parts Daxx Goblin And if I forgot anyone thanx to you to. This magazine is for informational purposes only! Nothing from this magazine should be taken seriously AND nothing from this magazine should reproduced.