The ABCs of Payphones

The ABC's of Payphones part 4. MAD!'s most popular series! The Telephone lock. Rotary payphones dial by having the number roll back to its original position. It breaks the signal the number of times indicated. You can achieve the same effect by tapping rapidly on the little button at the top of the phone (the one you use to hang up with). Let's say you wanted to call 123-4567. You would tap on the number once, pause half a second, tap rapidly twice, pause, tap three times fast, pause, and so on. It takes a little practice to get the numbers right, but it does work. So much for locked telephones. OFF HOOK. Everyone knows the old trick whe...

THE ABC'S OF PAYPHONES PART 3 The information presented in this file is for entertainment purposes only. The authors of this file take no responsibility for any of its contents. Well our mail boxes having been filling up with questions regarding this series. We will answer them all in future files. Ok, now you have your payphone home. What do you do with it. Well, if you want to make it work, you need to run up a five prong cable from the phone line in your basement. The outlet in the wall won't work. Now, a two inch hole at the left front of it. Remove the back panel (as described in part 1) and disconnect the wires coming out of it. Yo...

THE ABC'S OF PAYPHONES PART 2. The information presented in this file is presented for entertainment purposes only. The authors of this file take no responsibility for any of its contents. Section 1:how to open a payphone An Atlantic Bell payphone is a heavily armored device. It is designed to withstand attempted theft and damage. But as we found out in part 1, we don't need to get through all the armor to phreak it. All we need to do is get to the wiring which is all located behind 3 easy to remove panels. All that holds the front panel on is 3 or 4 bolts. Just apply sulfuric acid and in ten minutes or less they will come right out. Whi...

MAD! PRESENTS... THE ABC'S OF PAYPHONES PART 1 The information presented in this file is for entertainment purposes only. The authors of this file take no responsibility for any of its contents. The following text file is for AT&T & GTE payphones from 1982-1985. some things are different on gte phones, so additions are included for them. Section 1:The coin slot For every 5 cents you put in a phone, a sound is made. After you put the coins in the slot, they pass through a totalizer which counts them. They then collect in a hopper. To empty out the hopper, all you have to do is activate the coin relay. Payphones sometimes hold $100 or more...