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- - The Marshals of Dynamic Discord -
- - Present -
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- - The Chartreuse Box (or any other obnoxious color) -
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- - By: Wonko The Sane -
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- Intro
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- The Chartreuse Box, so named because this is an obnoxious box
- and chartreuse is an obnoxious color, is designed to take
- advantage of the thousands of dollars Ma Bell pays to the electric
- company each day. As you know, your telephone line is a constant
- power source. The chart box is designed to allow you to tap that
- power source for whatever sicko purposes you might have in mind.
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- Parts
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- [1]- 1 four prong to modular phone adapter (the rectangular beige
- boxes with phone line jacks at one end and four prongs out
- the other.)
- [2]- 1 low power broad range rheostate.
- [3]- some wire
- [4]- a soldering iron
- [5]- some electric tape
- [6]- a 70 vlt. DC fuse (optional)
- [7]- 1 SPST switch
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- Assembly
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- Plug the adapter into a phone line, and use a multitester to
- note which posts are charged. Use a magic marker to mark the
- positive and negative poles. Do this first.
- Take the adapter, and turn it upside down. You should
- observe that the bottom fits into the top. Use a pocketknife,
- small screwdriver, battle axe etc. to remove the bottom. Don't
- break it.
- Detach the two wires not connected to charged poles, and
- scrap em. Detach the other two wires as well. Take your
- rheostat, and mount it on the outside of the box, drilling a small
- hole in the box, to run wires through.
- Run wire from the charged connections from the line jack,
- through the rheostat, to the charged poles. (see diagram).
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- positive line
- \/ +---------+
- ---------..... : :
- linejack+ :......#:rheostat :#........(fuse)....[=====]
- ---------.. : :
- :... +---------+
- :............#.........................[=====]
- negative line
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- Key: # - Rheostate poles
- . - Wiring path
- [=]- Outside posts
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- Attach the fuse somewhere in the line if you feel like it.
- When the phone rings 90 volts of pulsing DC power get shot down
- your line, and can really fuck up whatever you have the chart box
- hooked up to. Therefore, the fuse is a good idea.
- You can also hook a switch up to the wiring, to give you more
- control over when power starts to flow. Once all the wiring is
- complete, push the wires and the fuse into the casing, and reclose
- it. Then tape around the side of the box, to hold the wires that
- come out to the rheostat down. I highly recommend that you mark
- the charged posts with a marker, so you can easily identify them.
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- Use
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- To use the chart box, hook it up to a phone line, and grab a
- multitester or voltmeter. Use the voltmeter to read off the
- voltage from your chart box. You can get up to 12 volts (more if
- you use a transformer) from the box, but you can use the rheostat
- to calibrate the box for whatever voltage you need. Once the
- voltage is set, remove the box from the line, hook your device up
- to the charged poles, and plug the box back in. If you're really
- in a constructive mood, build a switch into the box. Now leech Ma
- Bell's precious energy to your hearts content.
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- Footnote
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- This device has other potential uses. One of the most
- obvious, and least useful (at least to my view) is as a volume
- control for your phone. Maybe you have an aunt that talks REAL
- LOUD!!!!! Also, you can use this device to set up a feedback
- loop to mess up someone else's phone line. Finally, it may be
- possible to use the chart box to tone down your connection, and
- provide a little background noise, so that ESS doesn't pick up on
- your blue boxing. This is not a guaranteed method, but if you do
- it just right, you can make the 2600 blast sneak by the ESS
- detection code.
- Naturally, the main purpose of the chart box is to leech Ma
- Bell just like she leeches you.
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- Hail Discordia!
-
- Naturally, the main purpose of the chart box is to leech Ma Bell!