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VECTRONIX NEWSLETTER #7 (28 August, 1997)
All text by Phoenix/Vectronix (unless stated otherwise!)
Contact: vectronix@hotmail.com
[1] Contents
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1 - Contents
2 - Vectronix WWW/FTP HQ
3 - PayBax BBS
4 - Who is Ryder/Vectronix?
5 - Backdoor in MagiC?
6 - Voteform for UCM #10
7 - Hotmail Information
8 - Latest Releases
9 - Publication of Contents
[2] Vectronix WWW/FTP HQ
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The WWW front end interface for the Vectronix Internet HQ is under
construction at the moment, please note that it's under no circumstancees
finished yet! We put the page online in order to provide the WWW site with
descriptions. Have patience and you'll see that it will turn out real
nice one day!
CAB users who cannot use the WWW, complain to the authors of CAB or the OVL
files (or wherever the reason is) and make sure they understand it's
important for you to be able to access protected directories like this.
There's new addresses to bookmark and use! Please change your settings and
use these instead. If there should be any changes in the server or
directory structure or whatever in the future, these addresses will always
be up to date and working!
WWW: http://xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xx.xxx
FTP: ftp://xxxxxxxxx.xx.xxx
NOTE! If you have any friends or know someone who could be interested in
access to these sites, PLEASE tell them to get in touch with us and mention
you as reference, and we'll be glad to give them access. Do NOT give away
login and passwords without our approval! If this happens we will have to
change password and restrict the access!
[3] PayBax BBS (USA)
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For future reference, those calling PayBax BBS (the "B" is capitalized!),
first time callers will see only PD software. You MUST request from the
SysOp (NorStar) that you wish elite accesss, and supply such a file for
authentication.
/NorStar, SysOp of PayBax BBS
[4] Who is Ryder of Vectronix?!
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We thought we should let our newest member have some space and write a few
words about himself, as a small introduction so you guys get to know him a
bit better. Ok, let's see.....
Who is that guy?!
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Umm.. CooL!! This is where I get to brag. Not that there is much to brag
about, but I STill get to.
You may all remember me from the 'good old days' of bbs'ing. It was not all
that long ago that we used to all congregate on bulletin boards and trade
warez/info. I used to be on all the good North American boards trading
whatever. Occasionally calling the better overseas boards when you used to
be able to phreak without getting a life sentence for doing so. But my main
hangouts were STampede, Happy Hideaway, LiP SERViCE (My Private BBS),
DreamWave (formerly Tha Rock) which I was 'CO'. I've been an avid Atari Fan
since buying my first way back in.. Geez.. (can't remember) Well.. anyways
it was a 2600. Then a couple years later I moved up to a Atari 400 & 800xl.
That's when all the fun started! I got a whoppin' 300 baud modem and
started calling local BBS's and did a bit of hacking into boards and
trading with a few of the local hackers. I had found my calling! I lingered
around the scene for the next 10 years trading and meeting with friends on
various Atari BBS's and upgrading to the latest Atari hardware bringing me
to where I am now. A FULL fledged member of Atari's #1 group. Vectronix! My
job is distribution. I must supply YOU! I have and probably never will be a
hacker as C++ to me is only a mark I would occasionally get from one of my
teachers if I was lucky! ;-) I content being only a trader, as I don't want
anymore pressure then I already have. I'll leave all the boring hard stuff
to Phoenix and Metallinos. and the other extremely talented guys. <g>.
Anyways.. you can wakeup now, as I'm finished babbling!! :-) If you used to
hang on those boards and yak'ed with me.. drop me a line! I'd love to hear
from you. Send to: vectronix@hotmail.com Attn: RYdER.
/Ryder of Vectronix
[5] Backdoor (or bug) in MagiC 5?!
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Here's an interesting thing for all you MagiC users, coming from Faramir.
To me it seems Faramir have just made the discovery of the clipboard, but
who knows, there might be the evil forces of satan who's behind all of
this, as always.... ;-) Well, let's see what he has to say....
Magic is a very powerful platform to use as a multitask environment.
But today, the 18 of august 1997, I came up to something somewhat insane.
This morning, I wrote a letter with everest running under magic 5, and i
came back 2 hours later. i turned to starcall and saw a mess going on in
the terminal window. When it stopped, I saw the last line of the letter i
was typing with everest.
I don't know when this backdoor activates but it sure can be scary, for
example if you are typing a message to crypt with pgp while online under
the terminal program.
The only thing to do to avoid this is to exit any terminal program when
typing a message. you can load back the program without losing the carrier.
Joined to this archive (see below), a numerological analysis that could
explain this backdoor and tell why magx 5 looks like windoze 95.
/Faramir
M 77 77 4D 115
A 65 142 8E 216
G 71 213 D5 325
I 73 286 11E 436
C 67 353 161 541
32 385 181 601
5 53 438 1B6 666
phrase base 10 ascii base 10 csum base 16 csum base 8 csum
[6] Voteform for UCM #10
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Here's the voteform for Undercover Magazine #10 voting chart, fill in your
favourites and return it to us and we'll forward it to the UCM people. You
may leave those fields you're not interested in blank, just fill in as much
as you want, don't forget your name/alias. Hint: that #1 cracking band
can't be that diffucult... ;-) hehe...
VOTEFORM - UCM 10
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Your name or pseudonym:
FAVE DEMO-GROUPS FAVE CRACKING-BANDS
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
FAVE ST/E-DEMO FAVE FALCON-DEMO
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
FAVE COMPACT-DISX FAVE DISK-MAGS
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
FAVE CODER FAVE CRACKER
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
FAVE GRAPHIST FAVE MUSICIAN
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
FAVE ST-GAME FAVE FALCON-GAME
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
FAVE TOOL/UTILITY FAVE MAILBOX / BBS
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
[7] Hotmail - Free Email Provider
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As many of you probably have noticed we have our own email address for
Vectronix, it's vectronix@hotmail.com. Although there is a handfull of
services which provides free email accounts for free, Hotmail is what we
use, and we're very happy with it.
The main advantage with Hotmail is that it's totally www-based, this means
you only need a web-browser in order to check your mail, no matter where
you are. For our purpose it also means that we can easily share the account
within the group, although it has it's sideeffects also as we might reply to
the same letters if we don't delete them etc.... ;-)
Below is a small introduction to what Hotmail is really about, and who
might have interest in this at all. Read it through and check out the links
to see if Hotmail is something for you. It's totally free, so the chances
are that you'll find a use for it!
What is Hotmail?
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Hotmail is a great solution for so many people. Even if you don't fit into
one of the listed sample categories, chances are Hotmail is right for you!
Hotmail is right for...
* People who currently share an email account
Tired of sharing your email box with other people in your household? If so,
Hotmail is a great solution. Everyone who registers gets their own private
email account. It's free, give it a try.
* People who already have email through their company
Hotmail provides a free personal email account that is yours, not your
company's. Having a separate, personal email address with Hotmail protects
your privacy. Additionally, if you change employers you have a working
email address.
* Mobile Professionals
Have you ever been away from the office, at a client's office for example,
and unable to check for a vital email? This is no longer a problem with
Hotmail. If you can access the world wide web, you can check your email.
Hotmail also lets you travel light. Hotmail lets you retrieve your
presentation (or any other files) upon arrival at your destination. Just
send yourself an email to your Hotmail address with a document attached.
* Students
Hotmail is priced right for the student population - it's free. From any
place that you can access the world wide web you can send and receive your
personal email. In addition to universally accessible, free email you get
to keep your Hotmail address for life. So go ahead switch schools, travel
abroad, or just take a job in the real world -- we'll keep your email.
* Teachers
If you have more students than Internet access accounts, Hotmail may be
your solution. There is nothing to buy or install. Simply have your
students register for their own email accounts with Hotmail. They will have
a fully functional email account without any administration on your part.
* People who don't even own a computer
As hard as it may be to believe, you don't even need a computer to use
Hotmail. All you need is Internet access and a browser. As libraries,
cafes, and other venues provide Internet access you will soon be able to
obtain your email from every street corner.
* Internet Access Bargain Hunters
Want to look for the best deals as Internet service provision becomes a
commodity? If you keep you email with Hotmail you can jump from free offer
to free offer without having to change your email address... it's always
your_user_name@hotmail.com.
* Anyone who wants free, universal access to email
If you are away from your computer or LAN, you usually will be unable to
conduct email. However, since your Hotmail is located at our web site you
can send and retrieve email from anywhere you have a browser and an
Internet connection.
To find out more about Hotmail and how to sign up for your free account,
check out their homepage directly on http://www.hotmail.com or follow the
links below.
More About Hotmail: http://www.hotmail.com/more.html
Frequantly Asked Questions: http://www.hotmail.com/faq.html
[8] Latest Releases
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VEXIMGC4.LZH 1175796 Imagecopy v4.01b6 CD (c) FaST Club [1/1]
VEXSMU10.LZH 202898 Start Me Up! v7.01 + Setup v1.00 [1/1]
VEXBK181.LZH 112899 BoxKite v1.81 German (c) Harald Becker [1/1]
VEX_WP5A.LZH 580489 WORD PLUS 5.04, German version [1/4]
VEX_WP5B.LZH 527242 WORD PLUS 5.04, German version [2/4]
VEX_WP5C.LZH 558708 WORD PLUS 5.04, German version [3/4]
VEX_WP5D.LZH 466671 WORD PLUS 5.04, German version [4/4]
VEXWPGFX.LZH 219935 WORD PLUS Graphics-driver v2.0 [1/1]
VEXPAP25.LZH 640778 Papillon v2.50 German (c) A.S.H [1/1]
VEXPC262.LZH 500241 PARallel CoPier v2.62 (c) Petr Stehlik [1/1]
Believe it or not, but the old infamous and classic Word Plus is here in a
new version! This program (in an early version) was the first I ever runned
on my very first Atari ST computer, as I got it with it. Things have changed
_slightly_ since then. Ahhh, those where the days....
Imagecopy is the image viewer number one for many people, it has the best
raster and dithering options according to people "who knows", might be
worth to check out if you're into that kind of stuff.
PARallel CoPier is for everyone who needs to transfer large amount of files
between Atari<>PC or PC<>PC or whatever, there is also a Linux client
available. The serialnumber included works for both platforms. You might
get up to 95kb/sec through the parallelport using PARCP, it might be worth
to check out!
[9] Publication of Contents
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copy parts of the contents of the news letters as long as the mailing list
is not mentioned anywhere and the material is not used against Vectronix in
any way what so ever. Source may be refered to as "Vectronix", but not the
list. We also ask you to inform/contact us if you're planning to use the
information somewhere, this only for the purpose of our information.
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