Jim Pez Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Is this type of software something that you could buy in the stores back in the 80's or was it underground stuff ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo-Torch Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Auto-redial at a busy signal was a built-in feature on most modems. Any decent terminal program could also jump to the next phone # on your BBS list and keep going down the line when encountering a busy signal. If you mean a wargames dialer...those were freeware programs you downloaded from your favorite BBS. No one into that scene would be paying for any type of software. I'd fire up my wargames dialer after my parents went to sleep for the night and then I set my alarm to wake me up early in the morning before they got up...they never had any idea. The program I used also printed out a hardcopy of each hit on my printer along with the time it connected. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 I had one for my Apple IIe that would dial MCI and try out codes for long distance. I think they were only 4 digits, but my memory of it is faint. Definitely wouldn't find that in a store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Pez Posted December 25, 2016 Author Share Posted December 25, 2016 Yea I was asking about a program like the one used in the war games movie. I didn't know it was a called a war dialer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_x Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I have collected 178 phreaking programs for the PC (dos) and a handfull for the various 8 bit platforms.. Let me know if you want anything in particular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compumater Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 God, this brings back some old memories from the hey days of the BBS era. War dialers were illegal and yet widely used to hunt down those "secret" systems that seemed to be everywhere. I remember finding at least 5 or 6 business bbs's that were not really open for outside use, but one in particular was freaking great. GEM computers. They has a wildcat BBS that listed every used and new computer system they had for sale at their store with specs, and prices. It was for employee use only, but the password was password, and the user name was username. I visited it a lot late at night to lust after the high end 486 systems they had in stock! Most of what I found were bank systems and real estate offices, and one private Amiga based system I was never able to get into. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudeslife Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) the "lamers" that didn't have access to "1337" BBSs could always go this route from a sales ad in a c64 magazine Edited January 30, 2017 by dudeslife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudeslife Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Yea I was asking about a program like the one used in the war games movie. I didn't know it was a called a war dialer. if you would like to do further research and touch them go here. these are war dialers, code hackers, and phreak tools http://commodore.software/downloads/category/18-hack-phreak-war-dial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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