WHITE BOX PLANS (UPLOADED BY AGRAJAG THE PROLONGED) THIS ARTICLE WILL TELL YOU HOW TO CHANG E A NORMAL TOUCH TONE KEYPAD AND CONVERT IT TO A PORTABLE UNI T. IN ADDITION, WE GIVE THE TOUCH-TONE FREQUENCIES. FIRST OF ALL, THE TONES MADE BY A TOUCH TONE TELEPHONE ARE NOT SINGLE TONES, THEY ARE A COMBINATION OF TWO TONES, MAKING "DTMF" (DUAL TONE MULTI-FREQUENCY). THE NORMAL TONE TELEPHONE DIALS 12 DIFFERENT SIGNALS, BUT IS CAPABLE OF DI ALING 16 DIFFERENT SIGNALS (SEE BULLETIN ON SILVER BOXES). THE POWER REQUIRED BY A KEYPAD IS ABOUT 25 VOLTS, BUT THEY WILL WORK WITH AS LITTLE AS 15, THEREBY ALLO WING THE USE OF TWO 9- VOLT RADIO BATTERIES. AS YOU MAY HAVE GUESSED, THEY ARE ALSO DESIGNED TO OPERATE WITH A TELEPHONE TY PE SPEAKER (AND PHONE LINE), AND NOT THE STANDARD 8-OHM SPEAK ER WHICH NEEDS TO BE USED FOR ADEQUATE VOLUME. TO ACCOMPOLISH TH IS, WE USE A MATCHING TRANSFORMER, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MINIA TURE ONES AVAILABLE AT RADIO SHACK. ENOUGH OF THE THEORY, NOW FOR THE CIRCUIT. YOU WILL NEED: A TOUCH TONE KEYPAD A MINIATURE 1000 TO 8 OHM TRANSFORMER ( RADIO SHACK # 273-1380) A STANDARD 8-OHM SPEAKER TWO 9-VOLT RADIO BATTERIES TWO 9-VOLT BATTERY CLIPS A CASE TO PUT IT ALL IN (OPTIONAL) A FEW CONSTRUCTION NOTES, I SUGGEST THA T YOU SOLDER AND TAPE ALL CONNECTIONS. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO R EAD THIS ENTIRE BULLETIN BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO CONSTRUCT THIS. FIRST, CONNECT THE RED WIRE OF THE TRAN SFORMER TO EITHER TERMINAL ON THE SPEAKER. NOW CONNECT T HE WHITE WIRE FROM THE TRANSFORMER TO THE OTHER TERMINAL ON TH E SPEAKER. NEXT, CONNECT THE RED (POSITIVE) WIRE OF ONE BATTERY CLIP TO THE BLACK WIRE OF THE OTHER BATTERY CLIP. NOW CONNECT TH E THE REMAINING RED WIRE ON THE SECOND BATTERY CLIP TO THE GREEN WIRE FROM THE TOUCH TONE PAD. CONNECT THE BLUE WIRE FROM THE TO UCH TONE PAD TO THE ORANGE-AND-BLACK STRIPED WIRE FROM THE TOUCH TONE PAD. TO THESE TWO WIRES, NOW CONNECT THE REMAINING BL ACK LEAD FROM FIRST BATTERY CLIP. YOU HAVE NOW FINISHED TH E POWER CONNECTION TO THE KEYPAD. CONNECT THE BLACK WIRE FROM TH E KEYPAD TO THE BLUE WIRE ON THE TRANSFORMER. NEXT CONNECT THE R ED-AND-GREEN STRIPED WIRE FROM THE KEYPAD TO THE GREEN WIRE ON TH E TRANSFORMER. THE BLACK WIRE ON THE TRANSFORMER SHOULD NOT BE C ONNECTED TO ANYTHING, ALONG WITH QUITE A FEW WIRES FROM THE K EYPAD. THE CONNECTION OF THE KEYPAD IS NOW COMPLETE. ALL YOU HA VE TO DO IS CONNECT TWO NINE VOLT BATTERIES TO THE BATTERY CLIP S, AND YOU'LL BE READY TO GO. YOU MAY WANT TO MOUNT IT IN A CASE FOR EASY PORTABILITY. NOTE THAT THE SILVER BOX MODIFICATION C AN BE MADE TO THIS UNIT, ALLOWING COMPLETE REMOTE PHREAKING. WH EN NONE OF THE BUTTONS ARE PRESSED, THIS UNIT USES NO POWER, T HEREBY ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR A POWER SWITCH, AND EXTENDING THE LIFE OF THE BATTERIES. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE FREQUENCY COMBINA TIONS GENERATED BY EACH BUTTON ON THE KEYPAD. KEY FREQ. #1 FREQ. #2 --- -------- -------- 1 697 1209 2 697 1336 3 697 1477 A 697 1633 4 770 1209 5 770 1336 6 770 1477 B 770 1633 7 852 1209 8 852 1336 9 852 1477 C 852 1633 * 941 1209 0 941 1336 # 941 1477 D 941 1633 ALL FREQUENCIES ARE MEASURED IN HERTZ NOTE THAT A,B,C AND D ARE NOT NORMALLY PRESENT (EXCEPT FOR SILVER BOXES) SILVER BOXES: HISTORY, CONSTRUCTION ----------------------------------- WELL, NOW THAT I HAVE YOU HERE, I MAY A S WELL BORE YOU WITH A LITTLE HISTORY OF SILVE R BOXES. ONE DAY, SOME ENGINEER OVER AT BELL LAB S GOT THE BRIGHT IDEA TO SING TO HIS COMPUTER . .. AND FOUND THAT THE COMPUTER RESPONDED B Y DIALING A PHONE NUMBER. WELL, SORT OF. ANYWAY , THE 10 DIGIT (OLD STYLE, WITH THE # AND * B L OCKED OUT) TOUCH TONE PAD WAS BORN. LO AND B E HOLD, THOUGH, 2 SETS OF PEOPLE DECIDED THAT 1 0 (NOW 12) BUTTONS JUST WASN'T ENOUGH...THEY NEEDE D MORE. THE TWO PEOPLE OF WHOM I AM SPEA K ING ARE OF COURSE MA BELL AND PA AUTOVON (THE M I LITARY PHONE NETWORK). SO, MA DECIDED TO ADD A N EXTRA COLUMN TO HER PHONES, THIS ONE MERGING T HE STANDARD ROW TONES WITH A 1633 HZ TONE ( TO PROVIDE THE MYSTICAL DTMF). BELL NAMED THESE BUTTONS A,B,C, AND D (AREN'T YOU GLAD W E HAVE SUCH IMAGINATIVE PEOPLE AT THE BELL SYS T EM?), WHILE THE ARMY NAMED THEM FLASH, FLASH O VERRIDE, PRIORITY, AND PRIORITY INTERRUPT (OR IS IT FLASH INTERRUPT AND PRIORITY OVERRIDE.. . ) ANYWAY...THESE ARE USED AS VARYING DEGR E ES OF PRIORITY DURING WARTIME (AND WARGAME) A C TIVITIES SO GENERALS CAN CALL THEIR SECRETARIES V ERY QUICKLY. BELL'S USE OF ABC AND D IS NO T SO CLEAR. HOWEVER, THE LAST BUTTON (D) HAS AN INT E RESTING PROPERTY...ON ABOUT 50% OF THE INFORMAT I ON LINES IN THE COUNTRY, IT WILL GIVE YOU A PULSING DIAL TONE. YOU CAN THEN ENTER COMMANDS TO WHAT APPEARS TO BE A TEST SYSTEM FOR 4A BOXES. ANYWAY...THE MODIFICATION... WARNING...TURN ON YOUR PRINTER NOW, AND READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY TRY THEM. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW H OW TO SOLDER...THIS COULD PERMENANTLY DAMA G E YOUR PHONE!!! STEP ONE: UNSCREW THE TWO LARGE SCREWS O N THE BASE OF YOUR PHONE. TAKE THE COVER OFF AND PLACE IT AND THE SCREWS IN A SAFE PLACE. NOW, LOOSEN (BUT DON' T REMOVE) THE SCREWS ON THE SIDES OF THE TOUCH TO N E KEY PAD. (THESE ARE ON THE SIDES, AND ATTACH IT T O ITS MOUNTING BRACKETS). NOW CAREFULLY R E MOVE THE PAD FROM ITS BRACKETS (DON'T RIP AN Y WIRES!) YOU WILL NOTICE A PLASTIC COVER ON THE P AD. SEPARATE THE TWO HALVES, AND GET THEM O U T OF YOUR WAY (DON'T DESTROY THEM, THEY'LL BE NEE D ED...JUST MOVE THEM DOWN THE WIRE HARNESS THAT GO E S THROUGH THEM. NOW LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE PAD ( S O THE 123 ROW IS FACING AWAY, AND THE *0# ROW TOWARD YOU. TURN OVER THE PAD. YOU SHOULD SEE A MASS OF WIRES, GOLD PL A TED CONTACTS (YES, IT'S REAL GOLD), DISCRET E COMPONENTS, AND TWO LARGE DOUGNUT SHAPE D BLACK THINGS. THESE ARE COILS THAT GENERATE T HE FREQUENCIES. MA BELL WAS ALWAYS ONE FOR STANDARDS, S O ALL THE COILS SHE MANUFACTURES ARE CAPABLE O F GENERATING ALL 4 PRIMARY TONES (SHE ONLY GIVES YOU CONNECTIONS TO THREE OF THEM, THOUGH). YOU ARE ABOUT TO MAKE YOUR OWN CONNECTION TO THE FOURTH, AND MAKE THE THIRD COLUMN OF KEYS "BANK SWITCHED " BETWEEN NORMAL AND FOURTH ROW. CUT THREE LENGT H S OF WIRE OF DIFFERENT COLORS ABOUT 2 FEET LONG (BETTER OVERKILL THAN UNDERKILL... ) I USED BLUE, GRAY AND BROWN, BUT THESE COLORS ARE ARBITRARY...BUT I WILL BE RE F ERRING TO THESE COLORS IN THE BULLETIN. LOOK AT THE COIL ON THE LEFT (WITH TH E 5 SOLDER CONTACTS FACING YOU, RATHER TH A N BEING PERPENDICULAR TO YOU. COUNT OVER 4 CONTACTS FROM THE LEFT (OR 2 FROM THE RIGHT) AND SOLDER A WIRE TO THE 4TH POST FROM T HE LEFT. THIS IS THE 1633 HZ OUTPUT. SOLDER THE OTHER END O F THIS WIRE TO THE LEFT POLE OF THE SMALLEST SPDT SWIT C H YOU CAN FIND THIS IS THE POINT OF NO RETURN NOW...TA K E A LOOK AT THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE KEYPAD. YOU SHOULD SEE A ROW OF THREE GOLD PLATED CONTACTS (TO THE RIGHT OF 2 VERY LARGE CAPACITORS). LOOK AT THE O NE ON THE LEFT. THIS ONE CONTROLS THE RI GHTMOST BANK OF KEYS ON THE PHONE. GENTLY SEPARATE THE TWO TOUCHING CONNECTORS (THEY ARE SOLDE R ED TOGETHER WITH A DROP OF SOLDER) AND SPREAD THEM APART . SOLDER THE BROWN WIRE TO THE TOP CONTAC T (THE ONE FUTHEST FROM YOU), AND SOLDER IT TO THE RIGHT POLE OF THE SPDT. NOW, TAKE THE BLUE WIRE AND SOLDER IT T O THE BOTTOM (CLOSEST) CONTACT. SOLDER THE OTHER END OF THIS WIRE TO THE CENTER POLE OF THE SPD T . YOU HAVE NOW COMPLETED YOUR MODIFICAT I ONS. WHEN THE SWITCH IS IN ONE POSITION, YOU WILL GET NORMAL TO N ES, IN THE OTHER YOU'LL GET 1633 TONES. SOME FINESS CAN BE ADDED BY PASSING T H E THREE WIRES THROUGH THE PLASTIC COVER, AND IN THROUGH THE G A P IN THE CASE OF YOUR PHONE UNDER VHE PLACE WHER E YOU HANG IT UP. THEN SOLDER THE WIRES TO THE SWITCH IN T HE PROPER PLACES, AND YOU CAN GLUE THE SWITCH TO THE WALL ON THE INSIFE OF THAT SMALL ALCOVE IN THE PHON E AFTER TAKING THE SLACK WIRE BACK INTO THE PHONE. (THIS JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU READ THE WH O LE THING BEFORE TRYING IT...) NOW, CALL DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE USING NORMAL TONES (OUT OF STATE, THAT IS) XXX-555-1212, NOW SWITCH QUICKLY TO 16 3 3, AND PRESS DOWN ON THE # KEY (NOW THE D KEY). IF Y OU ARE ON AN OLD SWITCHBOX (4A), YOU WILL GET A PULSING DIAL TONE. YOU CAN THEN SWITCH BACK TO NORMAL, AND TRY DIALING DIFFERENT NUMBERS. TWO OF THE MOST INTERESTING A R E 6 AND 7. THESE OFTEN FORM A LOOP-AROUND TYPE CONNECTION, AND TWO PEOPLE CAN CALL IN, ONE USING 6 AND THE OTHER 7, AND TALK IN THIS MANNE R . IF ENOUGH PEOPLE PERFORM THIS MOD, I WILL KEEP "O F FICE HOURS" ON ONE OF THESE... HAPPY PHREAKING... CAIN NOTE: YOU WILL NOT RECIEVE A PULSING TO N E UNTIL THE OPERATOR ACTUALLY PICKS UP ON THE LINE. IF YOU H EAR RINGING, KEEP PRESSING. THE TONE MUST BE ON AT THE SAME TIME TH E OPERATOR GIVES HER "BEEP". IF YOU HEAR HER CURSING AT STUPID PEOPL E WITH STUCK BUTTONS, CHANCES ARE THIS ONE DOESN'T WORK...TRY OUT OF THE WAY STATES LIKE MONTANA, WYOMING , ETC.