PRANKS, REVENGE, and GENERAL MAYHEM vol. 11

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The Fixer Collection

 · 20 Jul 2019

 

In previous articles I have written many techniques for revenge through 
sabotage. In addition to my thousands of Krazy Glue Tricks (only a few of which 
have actually been posted in files), I have devised a great many sabotage 
techniques for animate and inanimate objects. However, these were generally 
rather basic due to a desire to fit as many into one file as possible. Now, 
those days are over as I write larger, more helpful files. So, then, here is 
Pranks 11: Advanced Sabotage 1 - How to Destroy an Apple Computer. 

HOW TO BLOW UP AN APPLE COMPUTER: 

Anyone can blow up anything with a stick of dynamite and a fuse or det-box. 
But what we have here is the most exquisite way known to destroy an Apple 
computer. The reason I picked Apple is NOT just because I hate them, but 
because they are very easy to get inside of, and there is lots of room inside 
for a bomb or whatever. This tactic will actually work for any machine, but 
if you don't want to turn the machine upside down and unscrew  
god-knows-how-many-screws, wasting time that you probably don't have, then use 
an Apple. 

Anyways, down to it. Make a bomb with an electrical igniter that lights when 
6 volts are applied to it. Smoke bombs are great for computers; they quite 
nicely fuck up a computer's board and make the machine smoke like hell too. 
The effect is great, especially if you pick either a brand-new (never used) 
machine or one that has had many hardware problems in the past. Now, attach the 
igniter leads to the switched +12 supply and ground. Close the computer. As  
soon as the machine is turned on, its doom is sealed as the bomb ignites. It 
may even let out its initial BEEP before its ROMs get melted. 
If you are really destructive, go to high school, and don't mind your school 
not having any computer science department anymore, then this may be for you: 
    If all the machines in the school's computer room are connected to a master 
switch, and all go on when the switch is thrown, then it would be a tremendous 
coup if you could (at a time when the machines are off) plant a smoke bomb or 
other bomb in EACH machine.  
    Oh, here's a good one: if you can find or make an electrical igniter that 
will go off with the current from the Annunciator output of the Apple, then 
you have the potential to create some really professional havoc. Simply 
attach the bomb to an annunciator line and ground, and then leave a disk lying 
around that says "Great New Wares" on it. This is a great follow-up to my 
infamous sandpaper diskette. What the disk contains is, a whole bunch of really 
big files (the magic of sector editors) with the name a new ware on them, and a 
2 sector one named HELLO. After perusing the catalog, the sucker will naturally 
boot up the ware. HELLO will then boot up what appears to be a nice crack 
screen, with the warning that if a certain peripheral is hooked up, the system 
will crash (name a peripheral that is plugged into the target machine). Give 
JUST enough pause time that the guy at the machine can read it, then have the 
annunciator to which you have attached your bomb activated, just as a text 
message saying "PIRATE COPY ---- SYSTEM SUSPENDED" comes on the screen. 
Immediately massive billowing clouds of smoke will pour out of the machine and 
the guy will freak, telling stories of how such-and-such a protection scheme 
can ACTUALLY SET THE MACHINE ON FIRE if you mess with it. (Only a r0dent would 
actually believe such a thing, but the response you could elicit is well worth 
the try). 

If you can't find an igniter that will go off under the current from an  
annunciator, or if you are blowing up a different machine whose programmable 
outputs of whatever type have very little current output, then wire up a relay 
with the +12 supply or a battery that CAN do the job. 

 
        +12 or battery 

               I I 
     +--------IIII-----+  
     +         I I     +  
     +                 +  
     +                 +  
     +                 +  
     +--*              +  
        * ignitor      +  
     +--*              +  
     +       /         +  
     +      /          +  
     +------  O---------  
         relay sw. 

          @@@@@@@ relay coil 
          +     + 
          +     + 
          +     + 
         gnd.   annunciator 

NOTE:  These techniques will work with superior computers such as the Timex 
       Sinclair,  but the effect is not as good. 

This file was written June 1987 by the Fixer, when he still had a Commodore. 
Rumor has it he's wised up and is getting a //e in Jan.  It is a response to 
"How to crash a Comodork BBS", one of which T.F. still happens to run... 

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