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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