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REDBOXES ONLY $15 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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From: bigdiq
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 00:00
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Are you tired of minicassette recorders that do not have the fidelity to
record your "special" tones? How about Walkman style tape players that don't
have the speed stability to reproduce tones faithfully? Have you also tried
the "Hallmark" recording circuit (or any of the solid state recording
devices) and found them difficult to solder and build into a case?  Worst of
all, it is next to impossible to get the unit to record the tones correctly
(the input impendance is all wrong, it's designed for super high impendance
piezoelectric microphones, not the line-out jack of your soundblaster!)

It seems like the only way to go is hardware tone generation.  Until now, the
only simple way to generate the tones from hardware is to spend over twenty
five dollars for a RadioShack tone dialer, plus five dollars for the crystal
(plus shipping for the special order item, plus tax, etc, etc, etc...).  Then,
if you do not have the proper electronic tools, you will need to buy a
desoldering iron, soldering iron, solder, wire, wire snippers, glue,etc!!! By
the time your dialer is ready, you have spent over fifty dollars and spent who
knows how many hours trying to stuff the crystal in the case and close it!!

And have you SEEN the new dialers?  They are of much lower quality than the
original dialers.  The new ones have cheap plastic construction, the numbers
rub off the keys easily, the battery door snaps easily, etc.

Don't waste your time and money!! We have tone dialers that are crystal-swap
compatible for only FIFTEEN DOLLARS!!

For your special tone-control project, we can supply you with any frequency
crystal that you want! (Sorry, currently we only have 6.5536 Mhz crystals in
stock.) Cost is only three dollars!

If you want your dialer with a crystal INSTALLED, the total price is only
TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS! This is the same amount that you would pay for an
UNMODIFIED Radio Shack dialer, BEFORE shelling out the big bucks for the
electronics tools, crystal, and a lot of your time.

That's right!  Modified tone dialers, complete with batteries, only TWENTY
FIVE DOLLARS!!

For those of you who want a to retain regular DTMF tones as well as your
modified tone set, you may be interested in our assembled STEALTH MODIFIED
TONE DIALERS.  When the unit is held normally, it dials regular touchtones. 
But, when you hold the dialer upside-down, your "special" crystal is switched
in, and the unit will produce your "special" tones.

These units are $35.00 ASSEMBLED AND READY TO GO.
The micro mercury switches are available seperatley for $3.00 each.

Our dialers are quality manufactured by Telean, inc.  They are much smaller
than the Radio Shack dialers.  Our units are 2" X 3.5" X .5"

Summary:

Unmodified dialers :           $ 15.00
Modified Dialers :              $ 25.00
Stealth Modified Dialers:    $ 35.00
6.5536 Mhz crystals:          $ 3.00
Mercury Switches:             $ 3.00


Shipping:

Minimum order is 3 crystals or mercury switches.

3 Crystals:                           FREE!
4 to 10 crystals:                 $ 3.00 for Priority Mail
Large orders:                     $ Email for a quote


1-3 Tone dialers:                $ 5.00 Shipping/Handling
More than 3 tone dialers:    $ Email for quote

TO ORDER, EMAIL:

redboxes @ hotmail . com

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The fine print: These products are NOT INTENDED for toll fraud or ANY illegal
useage.  Tone dialers, modified tone dialers, mercury switches, and crystals
are all LEGAL ITEMS.  By ordering, you agree to hold the supplier NOT
RESPONSIBLE for any actions that you take. You further agree to hold the
supplier not responsible for any damage, fraud, legal problems, etc. that
arise in relation to our products and services.  You also agree that the
items are purchased without any expressed or implied warantee, and are for
legal use only.  You agree that you are engaging in one of the following
activities:  Hobby music/tone generating, remote control applications (email
us for schematics of a receiver which will control an external device when it
receives signals from a tone dialer modified with a 6.5536 Mhz crystal), or
that you are authorized to test telephone comapny payphones, or that you are
a private owner of a payphone obtained at auction, or through other
legitimate means.  You agree to not loan, sell, surrender, lease, or
otherwise let anyone other than the original buyer use the dialer.  If you
do, you agree to inform them of the above restrictions and agree that you are
to be held completely accountable for all situations arising from the
transfer of equipment.	Under no circumstances will the seller ever be liable
for any useage of the items.


The tone dialers are supplied unprogrammed, here are the programming
directions. To test your ACTS receiver project, you will want to program five
asterisks into memory location one. (* * * * *) 1) Turn unit on, off, on. 2)
Press the '*' key five times. 3) Press STORE 4) Press RECALL 5) Press the
number '1'

To transmit the tones,
1) Turn the unit on and press RECALL,   '1'.
    The tones will play.

 To transmit tone again, repeat this procedure.

(Complete instructions are included with the unit when it is ordered.)


For ordering information, email :

redboxes @ hotmail . com

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NOTE:

I DO NOT READ THESE NEWSGROUPS.  I CAN NOT ANSWER TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS/FLAMES/ORDERS HERE. FOR INFORMATION, EMAIL ME.  I ALSO CANNOT
PROVIDE YOU WITH AREAS WHERE CERTIAN DEVICES MAY OR MAY NOT WORK.  I CANNOT
ANSWER QUESTIONS DISPLAYING ILLEGAL INTENT.  ANYONE IMPLYING FRAUD WILL BE
IGNORED AND DENIED SALE. I DO NOT KNOW WHICH CITIES, STATES, COUNTRIES,
ETC... USE ACTS TONES.

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From: bigdiq@hotmail.com
Subject: REDBOXES ONLY $15 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: 1998/07/15
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