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        | HOW TO BUILD A BLOTTO BOX |
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Finally, it is here!  What was first conceived as a joke to fool the innocent
phreakers around America has finally been conceived by the one phreak who is
the expert on lines and voltage: The Traveler.  Other Boxes by the Traveler
include the White Gold Box, the Aqua Box, The Diverti Box, and the Cold Box.
All of those plans will soon be available in a BBS/AE near you!
    Well, for you people who are unenlightened about the Blotto Box, here is a
brief summary of a legend.


         ~~~~` THE BLOTTO BOX '~~~~

    For years now every pirate has dreamed of the Blotto Box.  It was at first
made as a joke to mock more ignorant people into thinking that the function
of it actually was possible.  Well, if you are The Voltage Master, it is
possible.  Originally conceived by King Blotto of much fame, the Blotto Box is
finally available to the public.

 NOTE: The Traveler can not be responsible for the information disclosed in
       the file!  This file is strictly for informational purposes and should
       not be actually built and used!  Usage of this electrical impulse ma-
       chine could have the severe results listed below and could result in
       high federal prosecution!  Again, The Traveler TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY!

    All right, now that that is cleared up, here is the basis of the Box and
its function.
    The Blotto Box is every phreaks dream... you could hold AT&T; down on its
knees with this device.  Because, quite simply, it can turn off the fone
lines everywhere.  Nothing.  Blotto.  No calls will be allowed out of an area
code, and no calls will be allowed in.  No calls can be made inside it for
that matter.  As long as the switching system stays the same, this Box will
not stop at a mere area code.  It will stop at nothing.  The electrical im-
pulses that emit from this Box will open every line.  Every line will ring and
ring and ring... the voltage will never be cut off until the Box/generator is
stopped.  This is no 200 volt job, here.  We are talking GENERATOR.  Every
fone line will continue to ring, and people close to the Box may be electro-
cuted if they pick up the fone.
    But, the Blotto Box can be stopped by merely cutting of the line or gener-
ator.  If they are cut off then nothing will emit any longer.  It will take a
while for the Box to calm back down again, but that is merely a superficial
aftereffect.  Once again: Construction and use of this Box is not advised!
The Blotto Box will continue as long as there is electricity to continue with.
    OK, that is what it does, now, here are some interesting things for you to
do with it...

           __________|        THE BLOTTO BOX        |__________
                     |  FUNCTIONS AND INSTALLATION  |

    Once you have installed your Blotto, there is no turning back.  The fol-
lowing are the instructions for construction and use of this Box.  Please
read and heed all warnings in the above section before you attempt to con-
struct this Box.

 MATERIALS:

     >-;:->>  A Honda portable generator or a main power outlet like in a
               stadium or some such place.

   >-;:->>    A Radio Shack cord set for 400 volts that splices a female plug
               into a fone line jack.

     >-;:->>  A voltage meter to attach to the Box itself.

   >-;:->>    A green base (i.e. one of the nice boxes about 3' by 4' that you
               see around in your neighborhood.) They are the main switch
               boards and would be a more effective line to start with.  OR:
               A regular fone jack (not your own, and not in your area code!)

     >-;:->>  A soldering iron and much solder.

   >-;:->>    A remote control or long wooden pole.

    Now, you must have guessed the construction from that.  If not, here goes,
I will explain in detail.  Take the Honda Portable Generator and all of the
other listed equipment and go out and hunt for a green base.  Make sure it is
one on the ground or hanging at head level from a pole, not the huge ones at
the top of telefone poles.  Open it up with anything convenient, if you are
two feeble than fuck don't try this.  Take a look inside... you are hunting
for color-coordinating lines of green and red.  Now, take out your Radio Shack
cord and rip the meter thing off.  Replace it with the voltage meter about.  A
good level to set the voltage to is about 1000 volts.  Now, attach the voltage
meter to the cord and set the limit for one thousand.  Plug the other end of
the cord into the generator.  Take the fone jack and splice the jack part
off.  Open it up and match the red and green wires with the other red and
green wires.

 NOTE: If you just had the generator on and have done this in the correct
       order, you will be a crispy critter.  Keep the generator off until you
       plan to start it up.  Now, solder those lines together carefully.  Wrap
       duct tape or insulation tape around all of the wires.  Now, place the
       remote control right on to the start-up of the generator.  If you have
       the long pole, make sure it is very long and stand back as far away as
       you can get and reach the pole over.

 NOTICE: If you are going right along with this without reading the file
         first, you still realize now that your area code is about to become
         null!  Then, getting back, switch the pole/remote control and run for
         your damn life.  Anywhere, just get away from it.  It will be genera-
         ting so much electricity that if you stand to close you will kill
         yourself.  The generator will smoke, etc. but will not stop.  You are
         now killing your area code, because all of that energy is spreading
         through all of the fone lines around you in every direction.

 Have a nice day!


               --*-=> The Blotto Box: Aftermath <=-*--

      Well, that is the plans for the most devastating and ultimately deadly
Box ever created. My hat goes off to: King Blotto (for the original idea),
Captain Xerox (for the suggestion about stadiums), and Modern ___ (for
the fact I was on his BBS when I thought of it.