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* Issue: 1 *
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* May, 1993 *
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CONTENTS:
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Introduction......................................... Shredder
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Caller ID areas...................................... Keith Cathode
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Operation Sundevil: What was it?..................... Shredder
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Our Friends, the Concord Journal..................... Keith Cathode
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The Trusty Rad Shack Red Box (old, but relevant)..... Shredder
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Releases, Past and Future............................ Shredder
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Areas in Massachusetts where Caller ID is available
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by Keith Cathode
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This is a list of communities that currently support CID. This text was
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originally supposed to be released by Death, but he's too lazy. I suppose
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that I should give him some credit as well. Death and Keith Cathode of the
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Taco/BELL Syndicate. There I said it. BFD.
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[508]
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Beverly........524.621.922.927
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Danvers........750.762.774.777
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Essex..........768
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Gloucester.....281.282.283
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Hamilton.......468
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Magnolia.......525
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Manchester.....525.526
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Middleton......750.762.774.777
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Peabody........530.531.532.977
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Rockport.......546
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Salem..........740.741.744.745
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Wenham.........468
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W.Peabody......535
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Braintree......356.380.843.848.849
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Canton.........575.821.828
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Cohasset.......383
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Dedham.........320.326.329.461.462
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Hingham........740.749
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Holbrook.......767.961.763.986
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Hull...........925
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Lynn...........581.592.593.594.595.596.598.599
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Lynnfield......334
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Marblehead.....631.639
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Mattapan.......296.298
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Milton.........296.298.696.698
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Nahant.........581
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Norwood........255.551.762.769
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Quincy.........328.376.471.472.479.770.773.774.756.847.984.985
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Randolph.......767.961.963.986
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Saugus.........231.233
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Scituate.......544.545
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Stoneham.......279.438
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Swampscott.....581.592.593.594.595.598.599
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Wakefield......224.245.246
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Westwood.......255.320.326.329.461.462.551.762.769
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Weymouth.......331.335.337.340
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One last point before I cut the shit; this is very tedious, and dyslexic
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errors are your own tough luck. Cheers. Stay free and all that stuff.
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Operation Sundevil: What was it?
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by Shredder
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Operation SunDevil, a legendary event in computer history. But what
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was it and what were the results of it?
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On May 9, 1990, the U.S. Attorney's in Phoenix, Arizona released to
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the press an announcement of a crackdown on "illegal computer hacking
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activities". The official name for this action was "Operation SunDevil",
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named after the mascot of Arizona State University, where this case started.
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Twenty seven search warrants were used on May 8, 1990, resulting
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in four arrests, with 150 Secret Service Agents carrying out the operation.
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Operation SunDevil was an effort to arrest several hackers to posting stolen
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credit card codes and telephone calling card codes. The targets for this
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crackdown had been selected through a detailed two year investigation. Forty
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two computer systems were seized by the US secret service, and about twenty
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five of them were actually running bulletin boards. During 1990, the
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Phoenix branch of the Secret Service had close to 300 BBS's that were
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under observation, and all of them had been either called by Secret Service
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agents or by informers, who passed logs of their sessions on to the Secret
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Service. The four people who were arrested were: "Tony the Trashman" in
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Tucson, AZ on May 9th, "Dr. Ripco", sysop of the Ripco BBS, was also
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arrested, on illegal firearms possessions however. Also arrested were
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"Electra", in PA, and an unnamed male juvenile hacker in PA.
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Along with the forty or so computers taken, the Secret Service also
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took approximately 23,000 disks, and unknown quantities of printed material,
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computer printouts, magazines, notebooks, diaries, non-fiction books on
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hacking, and anything else that caught the Feds' eye.
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The Secret Service claimed in a press conference on May 9, 1990, that
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the primary purpose of Operation SunDevil was to send a message to the
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hacking community, that they could not hide behind the "relative anonymity
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of their computer terminals.", and that the Feds could and would bust them.
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They said that this bust "should convey a message to any computer enthusiast
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whose interests exceed the ethical use of computers." But who is to decide
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what are the so-called "ethical uses" of computers?
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The outcome of Operation SunDevil was a let down for the Feds. They
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had sent their "message", but only one indictment was served as a result
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of the arrests. Prosecutors involved in the case say chances are "extremely
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high" that all charges will be dropped. In the end, this two year, expensive
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operation resulted in not much of a real prize for the Feds, and shows
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that even if you do get arrested, the Feds don't really have much of a
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case against you, even if they do take all your stuff.
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Our Friends, the Concord Journal
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by Keith Cathode
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This comes from the wonderful Concord Journal. Typed in by Bubble Sorter.
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CALLS TRACED TO COMPUTER HACKERS
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By Shannon Strybel
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A two month spate os constant hang-up calls has been linked to a group of
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school-age computer hackers, according to Concord Police LT. Leonard
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Wetherbee.
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Wetherbee says that a group of computer aficionados, ranging from
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elementary school children to high schoolers, are probably responsible
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for a great majority of hang-up calls received by residents throughout
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town.
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So far three teens have been identified, but in their ongoing
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investigation police suspect a much larger group of students is
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involved.Because they are juveniles, police cannot legally reveal their
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names.
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The lieutenant says the station has been flooded with reports
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from residents saying they've received calls at all hours, and at regular
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intervals since December.
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"What these kids are trying to do is to find other computer
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systems and see if they can break into them. They think it's a great
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challenge."
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The kids set up their computer telephone modem to automatically
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dial hundreds of phone numbers until it finds another computer system.
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They put in a series of numbers, say from 369-000 through 369-1000, and
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the computer dials each number," explained Wetherbee. "As soon as a human
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voice picks up, it hangs up because it is not a computer."
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Wetherbee says he has received reports from companies in Concord
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who 's computer systems have been breached, but because the investigation
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is on going, he declined to state which companies. According to the
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lieutenant, many companies have systems which notify them through a print
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out when there has been an attempted or a successful break into their
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computers
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Inspector Paul Malone says he has identified three of he alleged
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computer hackers by tracing who owned the computer technology and
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expertise to try to break into computer systems.
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"I have spoken with the three, who are in high school, and
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explained that what they are trying to do is wrong and has serious
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ramifications punishable by law." says Macone "I told them that they are
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right on the edge. Iis as if they are walking around a building and
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trying to break in."
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Anyone charged with making annoying phone calls, a misdemeanor,
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can receive a fine of up to $500 an up to 90 days in jail. Police say
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someone who breaches a computer system can be charged with a variety of
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misdemeanors and felonies, from malicious destruction to larceny,
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depending on information gleaned and how that information is used.
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The inspector says he is not sure how many juveniles are
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involved, but he suspects they range in age from elementary school
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students to th high school level. In addition he says the numbers could
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have been given out to any number of other computer hackers in the
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Greater Boston area.
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"There are clubs of these hackers who meet regularly throughout
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the state and exchange modem numbers so they can practice. Because of the
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information we have, we believe there is as unknown larger group with the
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concord numbers."
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Maura Roberts, who teaches a computer workshop as Concord
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Carlisle High School, says hacking is a challenge for many students.
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"Kids today start it [learning how to use computers] so young and
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they are more sophisticated in their approach to computers because they
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have no fear. It becomes a challenge to find out what else they can do
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with it."
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Roberts speculates younger children probably do not realize
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trying to break into other systems is wrong, but look at it as a game.
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"For older kids, part of the challenge may be that it is wrong."
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Releases, Past and Future.
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by Shredder
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Here's what we got so far:
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TBS0001.TXT A Moron's Guide to DECServers ........ Keith Cathode
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TBS0002.TXT The Merlin System..................... Keith Cathode
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TBS0003.TXT Caller ID Areas (in this issue, also). Keith Cathode
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Upcoming releases:
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Well, i'm working on a beginner's guide to UNIX and the Internet,
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to be releases some time far in the future. Who knows what the rest
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of TBS have planned? Not I. We're looking for text file submission
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as well as articles for this. So. Send us stuff. See the end of
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the file for how to submit schtuff.
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The Taco/Bell Syndicate are:
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Keith Cathode <napalm@tacobel.UUCP>
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Death <death@tacobel.UUCP>
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Shredder <shredder@tacobel.UUCP>
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R0dman <r0dman@tacobel.UUCP>
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Bubble Sorter <bublsort@tacobel.UUCP>
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Squeek <squeek@tacobel.UUCP>
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The Inquisitor <vlad@tacobel.UUCP>
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All submissions/comments/flames/etc., are welcome.
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Please send to tbs@tacobel.UUCP
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Hey! Want to be on the TBS Mailing List?
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Send mail to postmaster@tacobel.UUCP, giving your
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internet address.
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Why not try:
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The Pulsating Temple of Stan
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(508)371-9849 1200-14.4K
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<tacobel.UUCP> Internet mail/USENET News
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Cheers to: Everyone in TBS, cDc, whose files inspired the
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creation of this, 2600 Magazine, just for being
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there, the people who go to 2600 meetings in
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Boston, and all the callers to Stan.
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A big FUCK YOU to: Bob Vila (Chris Hanson), and Shannon Strybel
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