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 Yup,you guessed it,this is yet another of what we hope will
 be a long series of Modernz files,covering everything and anything
 we feel would be worth sharing.
 
 This file is going to concern itself with Outdials...you know,those
 knifty little gems found from time to time on the networks and some
 systems.I do not claim by any means to be the god of GOD's...but I am
 a firm believer in spreading information around.
 
 So you ask..what is an outdial? It is a system set up by some company
 to allow their computers/personel to dial out via some # or network
 address without having to shell out quarters to ma bell every 3 minutes.
 I'm most familiar with outdials that can be reached via the two main
 nets,namely Telenet & Tymnet.I am best familiar with three main types,
 so will limit this phile to discussing them.
 
 Blah.Anyway...among the cheeziest of the systems going are run off of
 Datapac in Canada...reached on Tymnet via the prefix 3020.The system
 looks pretty much like this:
 
 **************************************************************************
 (You log onto tymnet...tell it who you are,then hit)
 
 ;3020xxxxxxxx
 
 Enter Destination Telephone Number (e.g. 5555555) /
 Entrer le numero de telephone du destinataire (ex. 5555555)
 12017485030 (Tell it where ya wanna call)
 
 Dialing / Composition du numero
 12017485030
 Ringing / Sonnerie
 
 Communication Established
 **************************************************************************
 
 And thats about it.I don't much care for these systems because 9 times
 out of 10,they don't function properly.Or at least,they don't work from
 where I am.Slightly more functional are what I like to call
 "Happy Outdials"...which are actually PC Pursuit outdials located on telenet.
 MOST of these systems are local outdialing only,which means you have to have
 an outdial for the area code you wish to call in order for them to work.
 
 The telenet format for these od's are fairly simple,looking like
 
 Rich Taylor01 101
 or(NOT a real OD..)
 Rich Taylor01 101a
 
 or whatever.From tymnet,the same outdilas would look like this...
 
 ;311020100101
 or
 ;31102010010101
 
 As you can see (you can see,right?) the only difference between them
 is that tymnet requires a "3110" prefix to tell tymnet to call telenet,
 a pair of zeroes where the space was for the telenet format,and ya gotta
 change a character identifier to a numeric (i.e. a 101a becomes 10101,
 a 101b would be 10102,etc.).You can sometimes reach things on telenet from
 tymnet that you couldn't access directly from telenet.This is a boon when
 your favorite telenet outdial suddenly begins refusing collect connections.
 
 Anyway..the happy outdials don't seem too impressive when you first connect
 wwith them...thats because they are waiting for you to wake them up by
 hitting CONTROL E.Once you"ve done that,you'll be greeted by it like this...
 
 **************************************************************************
 ;3110xxx00xxxx
 HELLO:I'M READY
 *
 **************************************************************************
 
 What you might not guess from this rather unassuming prompt is that it
 hides a fairly extensive menu of commands that you may or may not be
 able to access.I have fucked with the menus for hours,trying different
 terminal emulators,to no avail.In any case,the menu structure is reached by
 giving the '*' a '?' to contemplate,thusly...
 
 **************************************************************************
 ;3110xxx00xxx
 HELLO:I'M READY
 *?
 MENU:
 D   DIAL
 CNTL-H	 BACK SPACE
 I   IDLE
 K   PAUSE
 O   OPTIONS
 P,?   MENU
 R   REDIAL
 T   TABLE OF OPTIONS
 G   MANUAL ORIGINATE
 CNTL-A	 ALB TEST
 CNTL-(C D) DISCONNECT
 CNTL-S	 STOP SCROLLING
 CNTL-Q	 START SCROLLING
 CNTL-V	 SOFTWARE REVISION LEVEL
 CNTL-RI    IRT
 CNTL-E	 ACCESS KEYBOARD
 **************************************************************************
 
 So lets explore it a little...not hugely,as I don't wish to bore you
 more than I will anyway.The options menus look like this when drawn out...
 
 **************************************************************************
 *o(Options looked like it would be interesting)
 
 1.GROUP1
 
 2.GROUP2
 
 3.GROUP3
 
 4.EXECUTE
 
 1(Hmmm..new prompt...)
 
 1 STD OPT
 2 DSR CNTL
 3 CXR CNTL
 4 N/A
 5 LOCAL COPY
 6 DIAL MODE
 7 BLIND DIAL
 8 CALL PROG
 9 RESPONSE MODE
 10 CHR LENGTH
 11 DISC CONTROL
 12 DTR CNTL
 13 CTS CNTL
 14 XMIT CLOCK
 15 DATA TYPE
 
 2
 
 16 N/A
 17 FLOW TYPE
 18 SPEED CONV
 19 EC MODE
 20 LINK REQ FROM
 21 N/A
 22 TERM ACCESS
 23 N/A
 24 MODE CNTL
 25 NETWORK
 26 SPD OF OPER
 27 RATE SEL
 28 SI ON EIA
 29 DTR BUSYOUT
 30 N/A
 
 3
 
 31 TEST CNTL
 32 RTRT
 33 EIA ALB
 34 BSY OUT ST FL
 35 ANSWER MODE
 36 ENQ-ACK
 37 SECURITY
 38 N/A
 39 N/A
 40 FS IN NEC
 41 N/A
 42 N/A
 43 N/A
 44 N/A
 45 N/A
 
 *t(From here,a look at the table of
 options seemed in order.)
 1 STD OPT
 1-STD
 *2-USER'S
 3-USER'S=STD
 4-CUST OPT
 
 2 DSR CNTL
 1-NORMAL
 2-CSI
 *3-FORCED ON
 4-PORT CON
 
 3 CXR CNTL
 *1-NORMAL
 2-CSI
 3-FORCED ON
 4-PORT CON
 
 4 N/A
 
 5 LOCAL COPY
 *1-ENAB
 2-DISAB
 
 6 DIAL MODE
 *1-AUTO DIAL
 2-TONE
 3-PULSE
 
 7 BLIND DIAL
 *1-DISAB
 2-ENAB
 
 8 CALL PROG
 *1-ENAB
 2-DISAB
 
 9 RESPONSE MODE
 *1-FULL MSG
 2-SINGLE CHAR
 3-NO RES
 
 10 CHR LENGTH
 *1-TEN
 2-ELEVEN
 3-NINE
 4-EIGHT
 
 11 DISC CONTROL
 *1-ENAB
 2-DISAB
 
 12 DTR CNTL
 1-EIA CNTL
 2-FORCED ON
 *3-RESET ON DTR
 
 13 CTS CNTL
 *1-CTS = CXR
 2-CTS = RTS
 
 14 XMIT CLOCK
 *1-INTERNAL
 2-EXTERNAL
 3-SLAVE
 
 15 DATA TYPE
 *1-ASYN
 2-SYNC
 
 16 N/A
 
 17 FLOW TYPE
 1-XON/XOFF
 2-XON/XOF PSTH
 3-RTS
 4-PIN25/RI
 *5-DIS
 
 18 SPEED CONV
 *1-DISAB
 2-1200
 3-2400
 4-9600
 
 19 EC MODE
 1-AUTO MODE
 *2-NO EC
 3-FORCE EC
 
 20 LINK REQ FROM
 *1-ORIG
 2-ORIG/ANS
 3-RESPOND ONLY
 
 21 N/A
 
 22 TERM ACCESS
 1-UNLIMITED
 2-NONE(Hmmm...I wonder..?)
 3-DIAL
 *4-LIMITED
 
 23 N/A
 
 24 MODE CNTL
 *1-ORIG/ANSWER
 2-ANSWER ONLY
 3-ORIG ONLY
 
 25 NETWORK
 *1-SWITCHED NET
 2-LL 1200
 3-LL 2400
 
 26 SPD OF OPER
 *1-V.22 BIS
 2-USER SELECTED
 
 27 RATE SEL
 *1-DISAB
 2-SPD=2400/1200
 3-SPD=1200/300
 
 28 SI ON EIA
 *1-DISAB
 2-ENAB
 
 29 DTR BUSYOUT
 *1-DISAB
 2-ENAB
 
 30 N/A
 
 31 TEST CNTL
 *1-DISAB
 2-REMOTE DLB
 3-LOCAL DLB
 
 32 RTRT
 *1-ENAB
 2-DISAB
 
 33 EIA ALB
 1-DISAB
 *2-ALB W DTR
 3-ALB W/O DTR
 
 34 BSY OUT ST FL
 *1-ENAB
 2-DISAB(Aha!)
 
 35 ANSWER MODE
 *1-NORM CONN
 2-FAST CONN
 
 36 ENQ-ACK
 *1-DISAB
 2-ENAB
 
 37 SECURITY
 *1-DISAB
 2-ENAB(Could it be?!?)
 
 38 N/A
 
 39 N/A
 
 40 FS IN NEC
 1-DISAB
 *2-ENAB
 
 41 N/A
 
 42 N/A
 
 43 N/A
 
 44 N/A
 
 45 N/A
 **************************************************************************
 
 After having glanced over the list of available commands and settings,
 I'm sure you had the same idea I did...just alter the settings and turn
 a local only OD into a GLOBAL...
 
 **************************************************************************
 1
 
 1 STD OPT
 2 DSR CNTL
 3 CXR CNTL
 4 N/A
 5 LOCAL COPY
 6 DIAL MODE
 7 BLIND DIAL
 8 CALL PROG
 9 RESPONSE MODE
 10 CHR LENGTH
 11 DISC CONTROL
 12 DTR CNTL
 13 CTS CNTL
 14 XMIT CLOCK
 15 DATA TYPE
 
 OPTION NUMBER ?1
 
 1 STD OPT
 1-STD
 *2-USER'S
 3-USER'S=STD
 4-CUST OPT
 OPTION SETTING? 1
 
 UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS(I was not amused)
 
 1 STD OPT
 2 DSR CNTL
 3 CXR CNTL
 4 N/A
 5 LOCAL COPY
 6 DIAL MODE
 7 BLIND DIAL
 8 CALL PROG
 9 RESPONSE MODE
 10 CHR LENGTH
 11 DISC CONTROL
 12 DTR CNTL
 13 CTS CNTL
 14 XMIT CLOCK
 15 DATA TYPE
 
 OPTION NUMBER ?5
 
 5 LOCAL COPY
 *1-ENAB
 2-DISAB
 OPTION SETTING? 1
 
 5 LOCAL COPY
 *1-ENAB
 2-DISAB
 OPTION SETTING? 2(MUCH better...useless,maybe,but better.)
 
 5 LOCAL COPY
 1-ENAB
 *2-DISAB
 OPTION SETTING? (Just to be sure it kept working.)
 
 
 OPTION NUMBER ?34
 34 BSY OUT ST FL
 *1-ENAB
 2-DISAB(Now if THIS works...)
 OPTION SETTING? 2
 
 UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS(Of course.)
 **************************************************************************
 
 So much for the PC Pusuit od's.One of these days I'll lay hands on a
 PCP Console,amd throw open the network for a few days.In any case,there
 one more variety of OD I'd like to cover here,one which haas been global
 in format every time I've gone to use one,but which is usually inaccessable
 by virtue of being perpetually busy.
 These last ods are located on telenet,and are indistinguishable (nua-wise)
 from the PCP outdials.These od's look like this...
 
 **************************************************************************
 ;3110xxx00xxxxx
 
 !(Doesn't offer much,does it?)
 
 to use this thing,just tell it what you want.
 
 !d12017485030(The 'd' tells it to dial)
 
 CONNECT 1200
 **************************************************************************
 
 Thats about it.As more info comes in,I will no doubt add to what has been
 presented here in some future phile.Outdials are an oasis in an
 increasingly codeless and deadly enviroment.They are about 900% safer than
 codes,and most can be accessed via **free** networks.
 
 If you have any comments,suggestions (derisive or otherwise) or whatever,
 I can be reached on the following boards...
 
 The Villa Straylight (formerly Tessier-Ashpool) 908-830-7960
 Cybernetik Limbo 908-269-7042
 
 Modernz '90!
 
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