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Notes and Potential Improvements on the infamous Beige Box
		written by Viper
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THE STUPID DISCLAIMER:
(Please insert the usual legal garbage here. I'm not writing this as literal
instructions, just as an interesting idea for entertainment purposes, and I 
have no responsibility for what you do with it, etc. and so on...)

THE GOOD STUFF:
Now, with that out of the way, This is a text file with some ideas on fixes/
improvements on a beige box. First of all, everyone knows that to build a
beige box, you get a fone cord, cut off the end, attach red and green clips
to their respectively colored counterparts in the fone cord, and then hook
these clips to the terminals in someone else's fone box, then plug that into
a fone, thereby creating your own little extension of their line to listen 
in on. As everyone knows, this is fine until you happen to, say, cough or 
sneeze while you're beigeing their line and listening to a fone conversation.
At this point, they hear you, and it ain't fine anymore. The easiest way to
prevent such a tragedy is to simply disable the microfone in the handset of
whatever fone you're using. This can really save your ass on occasion, such
as hayfever season, or when you're laughing your ass off.

Now, if you open the handset to a fone, you'll notice that there are 4
wires, 2 to the speaker and 2 to the mike. The fastest fix to disable the
mike is cut the wires, or better, unsolder them and keep the mike in a safe
place, in case you ever need a fone. Obviously, this makes the fone worthless
as a real fone. 

Here's a better fix: if you examine those wires more closely, you'll see that
the 2 leading to the speaker are in the middle, and the 2 leading to the mike
are on the outsides. Having done that, now disconnect the cord going between
the handset and the fone. Note that it has 4 wires, black, red, green, and
yellow. now, compare the connector for this cord with the connector for a
cord that connects the fone to the wall. you'll note right away that they
have the same height and the same sized clip, but the wall cord (with only 2
wires) is too thick to plug into the handset. To overcome this problem,
get a cord for connecting the fone to the wall outlet. Then, take a file and 
grind the sides down until the cord is no longer too thick to fit in the 
handset. File both connectors down. When you finish this, connect the fone
and handset using this cord. Since there are only the middle 2 wires, the 
mike is disabled, without it being nessesary to open the fone and cut wires.
As I'm writing, I just noticed that it may also be nessesary to file the clip
down slightly, on the sides.
NOTE:
On a bud box, using a cordless fone, you have no choice but to cut the wires.
(But you already knew that, I sincerely hope.)

It should also be noted that you should ALWAYS carry a normal-looking fone
to wall cord in your pocket, so that if you are in danger of being caught,
you can ditch the cord with the gater clips on it, and plug in the normal
looking cord instead. It might also help to make the clips just secure
enough to connect to the terminals in a fone box, but loose, so that if you
are caught, you don't need to waste time unclipping the thing, just give the
cord a good pull and run (and then ditch it and plug in a normal looking 
cord, of course). Either that, or ditch the beige box, but then fingerprints
become a problem (HOPEFULLY the cops don't have yours on file... well, they
don't have mine, anyway, but that's no reason NOT to avoid leaving them.). 

Here's and interesting idea to annoy the hell out of someone: When you're
Beiging their line, if you hear them making a really important call, whip out
an aqua box and force them to be disconnected...HEE HEE HEE...devestating
if they're looking for a job interview and REALLY hate them.
 
Anyway, have phun with your new, improved beige box! You probably came up 
with these fixes on your own, but, if you didn't, I hope I helped by giving 
you this information.
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