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Old MFers Union of X-Bar Switchmen 05
[E2S / 0MFuXS] [Old MF'ers Union of X-Bar Switchmen] - June '95
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NUM5
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(MANDELA!)
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5. Phreaking Odds and Ends Fer Beginners [1995 TCP - E2S]
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[Also known as STUFF YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW! - A Phreaking Reprimer]
1. Long Distance Carriers
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THE MAIN SERVICE PROVIDERS: These systems have their own hardware networks.
Each company will lease access from another to access areas where they have
no service. AT&T uses it's own network about 99% of the time and we abuse
it 100% of the time. Sprint and MCI is rather high in own-network usage as
well. AT&T is also know for operators with the worst voices. MCI operators
get me giddy.
1. AT&T 10288 - The biggest, the oldest, the "best". Largest network
AT&T 10732 - Private test network.
You know them, you love them, you want them over for
dinner.
2. MCI 10222 - One of the big 3.
They've had all your friends and family over for dinner.
3. Sprint 10333 - Number 3.
Does Candice Bergen eat dinner?
4. LDDS 10999 - Not as well known, but large. Leases to other companies.
I'm running out of dinner references.
5. WilTel 10270 - Put their cables through old oil pipelines - instant net!
I'd have Wil over for dinner any ol' day.
6. Allnet 10211 - Services many COCOTs, as does LDDS.
I know. The dinner crap is pathetic.
If you didn't know this, you have a musicalbum.
2. Neet Shit
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-We've found AT&T Microwave sites out here in the backroads in CO.
Aparrently, they're also out in Montana and Idaho. If anyone wants to join
us for a trip up there, gimme a ring! :) hehe. We found a HUGE - I mean
GIGANTIC site out here, way back on a 4x4-only accessible road (We made it
in a Honda, go figure) in the middle of absofrickinlutely nowhere. Big
warning signs et al, but hey, c'mon, like they're gonna get out there
in time? (Smyrk).. From what we surveyed of the place, this thing -IS-
Colorado. :) Want to know where it is? Ok, you take the C-470 exit off of
I-70. Depending on where you started exit off of C-470 (It ends at
70) at.. Wait a minute.. What am I doing? Am I stupid? Why would I tell
you this? IT'S MINE! MINE MINE MINE! MINE MINE MINE WAAAH! Nobody know
nobody know but us heheeh! Oh, and AT&T! You suck, You suck, We eleet!
Go away bad boy. Momma calling you. Is our AT&T microwave. We go inside
and play yahtzee. Bad! Mine! MineMineMine!!!! Uh. Wait. Getting a little
carried away there. Sorry! But seriously. If anyone's out here and
manages to hook up with me, and you're SERIOUS and not a k-rad kiddie k0des
asshole, we'll go on a little 3am guided tour. Gotta be quick though.
And wear gloves. Yep. Gloves are good. :)
P.S. Also got a CEV! Nyah Nyah! Can we get into it? Nah Nah! :)
3. Phun in 3o3
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950s
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950-1044 Coin Return
950-1001 Dial Tone
950-1485 Dial Tone
950-1569 Dial Tone
950-0266 Tone (?)
950-0070 Extender - Code WAS "KARBON." It's inactive now, of course, thanks
to some YEE YEE KODEZ KIDDIES WHEE WHEE who thought it
would be K-RAD to make phone sex calls on it. Hey
neat. L3Tz 4lL TyP3 L1K3 ThiZ!
Others
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Echo Box: 1-800-866-4468 "1-800-TNo-HiNT" Hehe :)
(Wow. A big group from Colorado. Imagine that!)
ANI: 1-800-692-6447 The famous "1-800-MY-ANI-IS"
ANI: 107321-404-988-9664 FREAKY thang through the AT&T test network.
And yes, this DOES work, dave. I'm listening
to it right now. It's June 20, 1995.
LD ID: 1-700-555-4141 "Welcome to the AT&T Long Distance Network. This
message will not repeat. Welcome to the AT&T
Long Distance Network. This message will not
repeat."
DTone: 1-303-222-0000 Very interesting. We're working on it.
Loud Busy:211-2345/6 211 is a USWest internal prefix.
Mamma's ears bleedin when she dialed: 311
NOTE: These were all tried from the 932 prefix, Ken Caryl Road 1A switch.
I've heard rumors they don't work in other areas, but personally I
have not found that to be true.
4. Other misc shit
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What switch ya got?
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#1AESS - Loud click before dtone when phone is picked up and quiet, quick
click before the number you're calling rings.
-Smells like cheese.
#5ESS - Click before dialtone when phone is picked up, none otherwise.
The first ring when calling will sometimes be a partial ring.
-COs are occupied by guys named Lloyd.
DMS100 - No clicks, always a full ring, rings are longer.
-AkA "The MONK33 Switch"
Misc Fone/Switch Stuff.
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Q: What current is passed over phone lines?
A: 48VDC when off hook, 75VDC, 20Hz when ringing. Nothing when you're
sucking on it. (Try it sometime!)
Q: What frequencies are involved in a dial tone?
A: 350 and 440Hz.
Q: What are the DTMF frequencies?
A: Use this table:
1:697Hz/1209Hz 2:697Hz/1336Hz 3:697Hz/1477Hz
4:770Hz/1209Hz 5:770Hz/1336Hz 6:770Hz/1477Hz
7:852Hz/1209Hz 8:852Hz/1336Hz 9:852Hz/1477Hz
*:941Hz/1209Hz 0:941Hz/1336Hz #:941Hz/1477Hz
Q: What are other tone frequencies?
A: Ringback: 440Hz and 480Hz, alternating two seconds at a time
Busy : 480Hz and 620Hz combined, 1/2 second intermittent.
Reorder : Same as busy, but every 1/4 second. (Trunk-busy)
Q: What's the frequency Kenneth?
A: Is your benzidrine, Uh huh.
Cellphone ESNs
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Serial# to ESN:
G.E. : Serial # is ESN
Harris : Serial # is ESN in hex
Oki : Remove first 3 digits and letter. Add 129 where those were.
NEC : Remove first 2 digits. Add 135 and enough 0s to make 11 digits.
Novatel : Serial # is ESN
Mitsubishi: "Sec. Code" is ESN
Panasonic : Remove first 2 digits. Add 136 and enough 0s to make 11 digits.
B0BPH0NE : Serial # is "808" or "BOB"
New Area Codes - 1995!!!
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281: Texas - [PLA! Umm. Is the word "Greets"]
334: Alabama
360: Washington
423: Tenessee
456: Internatn'l Inbound
500: PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES :)
520: Arizona
540: Virginia
562: California
630: Illinois
954: Florida
970: Colorado - [Take me home, Country Roads..]
NEXT ISSUE: -We got X-bar.. Partz is Partz!
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FOR SALE SOON!!!!!!
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The Club E2S Dance Mix Album Vol. 1! :) No, seriously. We have
a little "album" in the works. Here's what it includes:
Over 100 tracks!!!!
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All box tones, phone tones, dialing tones, control tones, switch
tones, and tones tones known to man.
Operator/Recording messages from Sprint, MCI, AT&T, Allnet, LDDS,
Wiltel, and more!
Synthesized messages, numbers, etc.
BONUS TRACKS!!!
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The famous "This Message Will Not Repeat" repeating message.
"Richard L. Johnson" calling from the "American Telephony Society"
asking an operator where their crossbar systems are to "take a
picture" for a "book compilation" :)
Cover:
Available on tape ($11.95, S/H included)
and MiniDisc ($22.95, S/H included)
NOTE: This isn't done yet! Still gotta get the cover done and
do the final trax, but hey! :)
II. BONUS! ProdiGEE!
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This is a newere, edited, and truncated version of an older file I wrote..
I've been working on this for a few years, but i've been slacking off lately,
so pardon me if there are inaccuracies!!
-TcP
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Crap about PRODIGY: :)
-- The graphics interface is NAPLPS, interpreted by Microstar's
MVDI (Microstar Virtual Device Interface)
-- Prodigy's "Y" network is Tymnet (secondary, usually alternate phone
numbers). It's "Q" network is it's own proprietary network.
-- The .SCR files in the Prodigy directory are similar to those in MGE and
PP3, programs available through shareware to edit/read NAPLPS files.
(The file DEVICE.SCR is actually a renamed MVDI .SCR file, such as
640X480.SCR)
-- 9600 service is available on all of Prodigy's proprietary (Q) network
nodes. Some, soon to be all, support 14,400 now. On its leased Tymnet
nodes (Y), 9600 is currently only available, and if that, only in a few
locations. This should change by the end of the year.
-- It seems to me that the network is constantly "streaming", or at least
it sends it out when you logoff or exit the part of the service you're
in. (I think transfer between users on the same site controller is
instantaneous- Long distance transfers may have a delay.)
-- The service is typically not available from 4AM-7AM ET. From my
experimentation, when dialing the Q networks at these times, (or maybe
it's the primary number) you'll get a busy signal. When dialing the Y
networks (possibly the alternate number)it'll keep ringing and not pick
up.
-- I don't think Prodigy's running N81. I haven't figured out what it is
running on, but we'll see.
-- You can erase your birthdate on the service with no problem, but you
need to send in ID to put it back, even if it was in there originally.
-- IDs are in the following format: xxxxnna where x=alphabetic, n=numeric,
a=household user denotation, A through F,where A is the "primary user"
of the household, usually the person that signed up or pays for the
service.
-- Prodigy won't let anyone under 18 be an "A" user
-- Yes, there is a period during logon where Prodigy can write to your
hard drive. It also updates your software (as you might have noticed)
without your permission. It's almost impossible to could get a virus
from Prodigy, unless there's some disgruntled Sears employee hanging
around the computers.
-- PRODIGY.EXE (DOS) is compressed with PKLite 1.03. I've tried unpacking it,
but it doesn't work. I don't think that it's that PRODIGY.EXE is using
"Extra Compression" (Unexpandable by PKLITE) since when I try to
uncompress with PKLITE 1.10 or 1.13, it says "Incorrect Version", and
when I try using an "Extra-Compression" decompressor, like DISLITE or
PKUNLITE, it doesn't work either. PKUNLITE says it's not an "Extra-
Compressed" file,and DISLITE (which can handle normal PKLites as well)
says "Can't find end of initialization". Hmm. Maybe it's a custom job.
??? P.S. Prodigy: I didn't "peek at" or "reverse compile" your file.
-- Your Prodigy software is always being updated, even if you don't know
it. It only tells you when it's making a major change.
-- There's an option in TOOLS to give Prodigy your credit card number.
This might just be a type of "macro" for shopping services, but I
haven't tested it (for my own safety).. Your CCN might go somewhere
else after you enter it. (For all we know, it could come up on a big
sign in some room at the Sears headquarters..!) I wouldn't use it.
-- Prodigy keeps track of your software updates- If you don't log on in
five years, there's five years worth of updates waiting there for
you. (Well, it'll belch for THAT big of a gap, but ya know what I mean.)
-- The older versions of the Prodigy software (I.E. the old CGA
version that looks nothing like what is used today) can, in fact, be
very useful even though you can't connect to the service with them
anymore (Auto-updates are limited down to a certain version number,-
Meaning that the software made before the concept of auto-updating
came about, can't be auto-updated.) Well, anyways, Look into these
older versions- You might just find a few "secrets" that the folks at
Prodigy forgot about.
-- Even though Prodigy is 16 color in the VGA 640x480 mode, it is capable
of displaying 256 colors (only 16 at once, though.)
-- Some sections of Prodigy adjust for time zone differences(e-mail), and
some don't. This might be useful. Also, at the time of this writing,
Prodigy hasn't adjusted for daylight savings time in the Mountain
Time Zone. (Denver area) (Do they even know this????)
-- Prodigy bulletin boards are managed by board managers-There doesn't
seem to be a "Head Honcho" or "Big Brother" watching over everyhing.
Therefore, some BM's are more lenient than others (The sexual topics
in the so called "health" forum tend to get a little "out of hand"
whereas you wouldn't see anything that isn't 100% morally right, clean,
and kosher in the Kids forum.)
-- The BM's DON'T scan every message that well. Things CAN slip through.
I imagine that they software-scan messages for obscenities, and
don't look at the content otherwise.
-- The Prodigy Member List is a good way to find out where people live.;>
-- SCRIPT.R is the 9600 Tymnet connect script, and SCRIPT.Y is the Tymnet
1200/2400 connect script.
-- MODEMS.TXT contains all the modem init strings, etc. used with Prodigy.
-- APS.CFG contains all of your "personal preferences", I.E. colors,
download directory..
-- PROFILE.DAT contains your hardware setup.
-- Those TLFD0000 files seem to contain the phone numbers used to access
Prodigy.
-- When using AUTOLOGON, Prodigy asks for a "nickname" to use. Prodigy
then saves a file with the same filename as the nickname. (I.E.if your
nickname was "al" it'd save it under AL.) This file contains your user
ID and what seems to be an encrypted form of your password.
-- The information provided in SETUP along with your modem string and a
few additional parameters goes into the CONFIG.SM file. MODEMUTL.EXE
also alters/works with this file.
-- STAGE.DAT and CACHE.DAT are used to speed up Prodigy. These two files
act as caches, or contain information that's frequently accessed when
you use Prodigy. The only difference is that STAGE.DAT contains
information that you use on Prodigy all the time, and is constantly
updated and not erased, and CACHE.DAT stores information for an online
session and is updated on a per-session basis. (I.E. If you go to the
Sears shopping service a lot,STAGE.DAT would contain info on the Sears
service. If you go to read your mail several times in a session,
CACHE.DAT would contain info on your mailbox and what's in it.) The
suspicions about Prodigy being able to access info on your hard drive
arose from these files-Sometimes they contain non-Prodigy data.This is
simply info left over from old deleted files, a phenomenon similar
to disk fragmentation. Prodigy didn't put it there, and I doubt
they'll look at it (I imagine they could, though.) This results from
Prodigy creating an "empty file" by just filling it up with "snippets"
of "random" HD and RAM information. (Quite a lame way to make an empty
file.) If you are concerned
about this, Prodigy offers a utility (for free) to remove extra data
from the STAGE.DAT file. The size of STAGE.DAT is constant, but
can be limited depending on what you specify in your setup. (The
part about whether Prodigy runs fast or takes up space.) On the
PC, STAGE.DAT is either 950,000 or 160,000 (approx) bytes in size
depending on what you specify. On the MAC, STAGE.DAT is always 200,064
bytes long (but I saw 195,000 once.-??) (Whew!)
-- UNREAD mail is kept for 14 days. If you "retain" it, it's kept for 14
more. PCFN mail is kept for 28 days. Commercial mail has no specific
time of retainment. If you read it, it's deleted after 3 days. If you
COPY TO DISK, it's deleted instantly. (Heh, just hit retain to quench
that!)
-- Prodigy site controllers CAN be busy.
-- Prodigy checks to make sure all it's software is intact when you start
PRODIGY.EXE. (RS.EXE)
-- Prodigy uses CORE, FREE, PLUS, and **** service
denotations. A small blue window in the bottom-right hand of the
screen will tell you what classification the service you're using
is. CORE features (Highlights) are general system features, and are
charged depending on your pricing plan. FREE features (Prodigy info)
obviously, are free. PLUS features (Bulletin Boards) are charged by
time. **** features (E-mail) are charged per use/other.
-- Version 3.2 info..
On Prodigy for DOS version 3.2 or above:
PRODIGY.EXE was renamed to RS.EXE (Which can now be un-PKLITED!)
INFORM.EXE was added, as an on-disk information center
SCREEN.CMP appeared.. That's the compressed MVDI screen drivers.
Otherwise, it's the same as what you get through auto-updates.
-- EXPTnna id's belong to the Prodigy "experts".. STARnna id's belong to
"celebrities" :) I'm not sure how the rest of this works.
-- Nov.93: The "NEW PRODIGY" Arrived! What's new? A new VGA driver! Wow!
Otherwise, they've woken up. New:Internet (YES!) Fax, Postal, and File
e-mail capabilities! (Expensive, though.) And, of course, the prodigy
mail manager! (Detailed below) Oh (again) and macros. (wow)
-- Prodigy For Windows Works JUST like Prodigy for DOS,
excluding the "abbreviated" menu bar and the separate program for
autologon. Works OK, however I have encountered some probs with
it under WIN-OS2. I get an error when launching it from a DOS box out
of Mail Manager, and when I run it seamless, the screen doesn't redraw
and gets "dirty." Oh. Also. Prodigy for Windows is slower than DOS.
The few improvements in Prodigy for Windows: On-line photos, screen
capture, "scratch pad", sounds, configurable button bar..
The BIG plusses are the WWW browser, Chat, and the Newsgroup reader.
-- Mail Manager- All mail features are organized by "Mail Manager", a
program you download, currently only for IBM, for $4.95. PMM lets you
edit messages offline, save them, etc, up to about 20 pages.(There's a
catch!)-Messages over 6 pages cannot be read by the user online! They
have to download them and "type" them to see them! Not much use when
you're writing to computer-illiterate Aunt Bea in Kansas.. ! PMM is
where you keep your addresses, setup to fax/upload files, and organize
all your messages, sent and recieved. It's nice, actually. Something
Prodigy should have had long ago. Now if they could only get over
the 6 page online limit! Another program you'll may be concerned with
involving PMM is MAILTASK.EXE.. A Windows program that lets you use
Mail Manager (PMM) with Windows. Don't try it in OS/2, though! It
crashed my system.
[The following note is outdated, but I kept it in to show you how
Prodigy works.. This prediction DID come to pass.]
-- Modem Phun- Ok.. 9600 nodes used to be few and far between. No
longer. Now its 9600, 9600 everywhere! And prodigy is REALLY starting
to push 14.4 modems.. Why? Because I imagine they're running 14.4
modems, just setting them at 9600, and waiting a while so they can push
everyone to upgrade again like when they "went" 9600. It would be
truly stupid to continue expanding a 9600 service today, and make it
14,400 tomorrow with the falling prices and increasing speeds of
modems. I dont think prodigy is that stupid. Uh, I dont THINK they
are..
PRODIGY PRICING PLANS
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Plan Monthly $ Core/Plus hours included Messaging/E-mail
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Value $14.95 Flat-rate Core, 5 Plus PLUS hours
Alternate 1 $7.95 2 hrs core/plus combined PLUS hours
Alternate 2 $19.95 8 hrs core/plus combined PLUS hours
"30/30" $30.00 30 plus hours
OVERTIME CHARGES
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These change constantly, but right now they're running at about $3/hr.
Some Prodigy BB rules
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1. You can't talk about trading "large items" such as CDs and Tapes. (huh?)
2. Sex must be talked about in only a clinical manner.
3. No obscenities.
4. They're pretty touchy when it comes to religion.
5. No phone numbers, only area codes.
6. No pseudonyms (handles, whatever..)
7. No 2-person threads.
And of course, these rules are "always" "enforced!" :)
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ERROR TABLE
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Error # Type Problem Remedy
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API Application Error Error in Prodigy Appl. Stay away from area
CM 6 Communications Line noise, loose cable Check connections
CM 4 Communications Loss of carrier Call waiting?
DM Display Module Out of memory Reboot, Sign on again
OMCM 6 Combined Outdated software Upgrade
OMCM 9 Combined Network problem Sign on again
OMCM 10 Combined
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Prodigy Hotkeys (DOS)
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Ctrl-R.........Redraw screen
Ctrl-I.........Tab (advance through selections)
R..............Jump window, set to REVIEW*
I..............Jump window, set to INDEX*
G..............Jump window, set to GUIDE*
V..............Jump window, set to VIEW PATH*
F3.............View PATH
F4.............Advance through PATH
F5.............Jump window
F7.............Jumpword Index
F8.............Cross-Reference
F10............Review session
Ins............Insert mode
Home...........Go to top of selections
End............Go to end of selections
Arrow Keys.....Guess
Tab............Move through selections
Ctrl+Alt+Del...Prodigy Aggrivation Release Key
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Prodigy's network hierarchy: |GATEWAY SERVICE |
|(Ziff or EasySabre) |
|____________________|
|
|G
|A
|T
|E
|W
__________ __________ |A __________
|SITE | |MAIN NET | __|Y |SITE |
|CONTROLLER| |SERVERS |_________|__| |CONTROLLER|
|(Y-type |_____________| |_________________________|(Q-type |
| net) | | | | net) |
|__________|________ | | ____________________|__________|
Primary/Alt # | |__________| | Primary/Alt #
(TYMNET) | | (PROPRIETARY)
|____________________|
|
_____|_____
| YOUR |
| PC |
|___________|
Operations:
If the needed data is not on your PC, it is requested from the site
controller. This is the most common interaction. When the needed data
is not on the site controller, the site controller requests it from the
main network server, which then sends it back down the line to your PC.
When a gateway service is used, data is routed from the gateway to the
net server, and back down the line to your PC. Q-Type site controllers
operate on Prodigy's own proprietary network. Y-type site controllers use
leased network access from Tymnet.
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What I know about the Prodigy files: (IBM)
PRODIGY.EXE..................The main executable.
STAGE.DAT....................Cache file for constant use
CACHE.DAT....................Cache file for per session use
TLFD0000.....................Phone numbers
PROFILE.DAT..................Hardware setup
SCRIPT.Y.....................12/2400 Tymnet Access script
SCRIPT.R.....................9600 Tymnet Access script
CONFIG.SM....................Modem setup/other parameters
APS.CFG......................"Personal preferences" and options
DRIVER.SCR...................NAPLPS Screen driver
DIAGNOSE.EXE.................Hardware diagnostics utility
MODEMUTL.EXE.................Modem configuration utility
MODEMS.TXT...................Modem command/init string info
VDIPLP.TTX...................A MVDI metafile I think.
KEYS.TRX.....................??????????????????? (Access?)
LOG_KEYS.TRX.................??????????????????? (Access?)
PRODIGY.TXT..................File Prodigy saves to when using COPY (opt.)
MODEMSTR.SAV.................Old modem string, when changing modems (opt.)
"nickname" ..................Autologon macro
CONFIG.BAK...................Old CONFIG.SM file, if you change modems
MAILmmdd.TXT ................COPY TO DISK'ed e-mail- "mmdd" represents a
date - I.E. MAIL0718.TXT would be e-mail
copied on July 18th.
RS.EXE ......................Same as PRODIGY.EXE- the main executable.
In newer versions. PKLITED, and PKUNLITEable
INFORM.EXE ..................On-Line information center program
GETSCRN.EXE .................File to set the PRODIGY screen driver
SCREEN.CMP ..................MVDI Screen Driver compressed archive
UCMASTER.CFG.................Mail Manager Config file
\UC\ ..............<DIR>.....Mail Manager Directory
\UC\XXXXNNA\ ......<DIR>.....Location of Mail Manager personal files
\DOWNLOAD\ ........<DIR>.....Where your downloads go
RESET.BAT....................Resets the old scrn driver if it doesn't werk
DRIVER.BAK...................Your old screen driver
HANG.OUT.....................??? Just showed up!!
ASSIST.*.....................Prodigy for Windows ASSIST help program
Directory of C:\PRODIGY\UC
XXXXNNA <DIR> Mail, personal files, downloads for each ID..
MMANAGER EXE Main PMM executable
GRAPH STX Message: You have recieved a message w/ graphics..
RTS5 STX Message: Message credit limit exceeded.
RTS6 STX Message: Msg could not be delivered..
RTS STX Message: Msg could not be delivered in subj. above
RTS1 STX Message: Couldn't be delivered, mail list too large
RTS2 STX Message: Msg sent online couldnt be delivered..
0004 SMS Error Message: Unable to deliver, tech difficulties
0001 SMS Error Message: Unable to deliver, no offline msgng
0002 SMS Error Message: Unable to deliver, formatting error
0003 SMS Error Message: Unable to deliver, UL/DL problems
0005 SMS Error Message: Unable to deliver, msg limit reached
0006 SMS Error Message: Unable to deliver, addressing error
MMANAGER PIF Windows PIF for PMM
MMANAGER 001 Overlay/Data
MMANAGER 002 Overlay/Data
MMANAGER 003 Overlay/Data
MMANAGER 004 Overlay/Data
UCRATESB DAT Messaging rates info
TAGLINES MM PMM Taglines (fun ta play with)
MAKEBAT EXE Makes PMM.BAT in installation
MMANAGER DCT PMM dictionary
MMANAGER ICO Windows ICON for PMM
DRIVES CFG Dir/Drive config file
UCUSERS DAT PMM User listing/data
UCVERS DAT Version information (for P's use)
UCSIZEB DAT I have no idea. CRCs?
PMM2PW DAT Encrypted password
MMANAGER VER More version info.
README TXT README.TXT!!
MMANAGER HLP Halp pfile
TAGLINES IND Tagline index. [Number of taglines in TAGLINES.MM]
COPY-MM EXE Copies PMM to another dir.
In the PRODIGY Main dir...
MAILTASK EXE Windows PMM launcher
SETUP-MM BAT Used to setup PMM
PMM BAT Starts up PMM
MM-DOWN DAT ???
UCMASTER CFG PMM Config file
SUPPLEMENTAL FILES/APPLICATIONS [In addition to basic Prodigy-DOS]
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Stage/Cache utility software..Removes extraneous info from STAGE/CACHE.
PROMASTR....................*.Front end/Utilities for Prodigy
PROPLUS.....................*.Similar to PROMASTR. Made by same
company. (???)
PROUTIL.......................Prodigy Utilities/Enhancements
Font enhancers..............*.Several available, Enhances Prodigy's
tacky, default NAPLPS font.
PDL...........................Automatically downloads stock quotes from
Prodigy
PMM...........................Prodigy Mail Manager [$4.95]
Prodigy BB Notes..............Offline BB note reader/reply. Avail.
through Ziffnet. [$3.00]
*-You may not want to use these with the new Prodigy. Not sure on
compatibility.
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I'm going to start to get into the actual make-up of some of P's important
files.. Here's a start..
CONFIG.SM - Hardware Setup
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nohang "
nohang Something associated with HANG.OUT
nohang "
nohang "
bps:96 Baudrate..
port:2 COM port
addr:02F8 COM base address
irq:3 COM IRQ
pnetsym:Q Primary net symbol (Q or Y)
anetsym:Q Alternate net symbol (Q or Y)
printer:1 Printer LPT port
bitmap compress:1 Bitmap compression (interesting!)
modem_str:24000,007,a007880284C6002,9600,+++,CR,CRLF,1,4,6,N,
60,60,3,6,32,N,N,,?,S0,,S2,,,,S6,S7,,S9,S10,,S12,,,
,,,,,,V1,Q0,,,,X1,,D,T,P,X1,H,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,OK,0,
CONNECT,1,RING,2,NO CARRIER,3,ERROR,4,CONNECT 1200,5
,NO DIALTONE,6,BUSY,7,NO ANSWER,8,CONNECT 2
Modem responses to certain tests? Thats from my ZOOM V.FC 24k.
APS.CFG - Software Setup
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GB:0003 Unknown
MAILDIRXXXXNNA:C: Mail directory
MAILFILEXXXXNNA:SENDOUT.NOW Mail send status
Mailbox:1 Unknown
DOWNDOWNXXXXNNA:NONE Download to floppy
DOWNDOWN_LOCXXXXNNA:NONE Download local ?
DOWNDIRXXXXNNA:C:\MISC Download dir
ColorsXXXXNNA:MB=14,3;WB=12,3;BB=7,3;EN=0,7; Color setup for XXXXNNA
SCRNDRVRDOWN:NONE Screen driver download
SCRNDRVRDOWN_LOC:NONE Screen driver dl local
MS:1 Unknown
HIGH94:1 Upgrade tries
Screen Upgrade Try:1 Screen upgrade tries
ZIFFDOWNXXXXNNA:NONE Ziffnet download dir
ZIFFDIRXXXXNNA:C:\PRODIGY Ziffnet directory
DOWNDOWNXXXXNNB:NONE Same as above, for XXXXNNB
DOWNDOWN_LOCXXXXNNB:NONE "
DOWNDIRXXXXNNB:C:\MISC "
About NAPLPS:
NAPLPS(North American Presentation Layer Protocol Syntax) is a resolution-
independent, device-independent graphic display syntax. NAPLPS US
government standard:ANSI-X3.110-1983/CSA-T500-1983 NAPLPS International
standards: ISO-2022 and ISO-2375. In Prodigy, NAPLPS syntax in interpreted
and displayed by MVDI (Microstar Virtual Device Interface).
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Questions? Comments? Recipes involving garlic?
20MNN: [HQ]: (303)932-1195/8404 28,800 BPS V.34
Empire of the Dragon : (303)932-1308/1309 28,800 BPS V.34
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