Oldschool Radioshack Redbox pocket tone dialer

[ManOfWealthnTaste]

I used these to call from grocery store payphones to call home accross the states- It was great!

[databaseexpert]

I remember those days! Awesome!

[viper8red]

I had one of these too and it worked to make all sorts of calls around the world. Dangerous though. If you get caught your going to a federal prison.

[hoyitsjoe]

was there any other use of these devices other than messing with pay phones?

[XRayCam]

@jonsparrow, what is this model on the right that he doesn't have modified? Do you have the 6.4 - 6.5 or 6.5536mhz crystal installed? Thanks Guy

[XRayCam]

What is the model number of the one on the RIGHT that is not modified? Thanks

[cbr6864]

takes me back....now all you have to do is find a payphone

[crazydog99007]

Still works.....

[Dillku]

Wow a lot of history there, does any one know if there is a Museum for Phreaking and hacking? If not I do believe that there should be.

[crazydog99007]

Phreaking still works!

[atrios28]

Chingers ... Chingers...!

[jig0ku]

damn i wonder where mine is. . . probably in a box at my parents house

[nikidizzi]

what is this supposed to be used for?

[polocanada]

For calling for free. You "pay" with the signal, instead putting in money.

[nikidizzi]

oh I see ok

[jakeharvey]

Mine kept both crystals and used a mercury switch to toggle between red box and standard tone dialer, by flipping the unit upside down.

[trek1200233]

Doesn`t work today? shucks and today I found it in my misc box of many boxes. So its going to be a fun noise thin for the cats.

[crazydog99007]

@trek1200233

it still works, but on some you cant get long distance

[merlinmercer]

can this sort of thing work in the UK

[bubblegumpaul]

It did

[WhereMightWaldoB]

haha i just circuit bent mine, its sooooooooooo sweet, if those are 4 sale hit me up yo!!

[thelucky225]

They only work on LOCAL calls in the US now where coins are still accepted as payment from THOSE type of phones. AT&T discontinued it's ACTS long distance service in about 2001ish, and since there is no other long distance provider that accepts coin payment you can't use this to redbox LD calls.

[vk4akp]

Hi, can you still buy these pocket dialers in the USA? I'd like to get some. I have the older ones with out the memories but I notice yours has some memory buttons on it. I'm also interested in getting some payphones sent over here to Australia for some displays using VoIP. .-.-.

[blackpower911]

I see around 2 on average on ebay whenever I search for dtmf tone dialers.

[schm147]

fuck that

[WarpMindBeatbox]

So do theys still work, or no?

[ronnmexico]

Wow, this brings back great memories. I think I still have some in a box somewhere around here.

[TraderVinny]

Thanks! Great video!

[rbpolsen]

u phreak. ^-^

[apgarconstruction]

i still have mine and it was great in the early 90s. i just found it in a desk drawer, the last one i made. looks like the one on the right. i can't get the memory stored. i forget how to program it again for a quarter,50 cents, or a dollar.

too bad they don't work anymore.

[Murple333]

Oh man I used to have one of these. Wish I still did, not that I need it, but just for the historical value.

[Repo777]

Ahh, the good old days. I put a tiny switch in my black dialer that split off one leg of the crystal. That way with the flip of the switch it could go from normal to modded.

(For experimental purposes of course)

[jenson1066]

Maybe still works in Nantes!

[hh89hh89]

still works in eastern US VeriZon country.

[whodoescare]

dangit i was gonna buy the stuff on ebay and make one but useless if it doesnt work

they have some 6.5536 crystals and tone dialers there too :(

[VenoM1ft]

Me too, was searching for TradeWars 2002 and this was the only hit :)

[YusukeBlues]

very cool, i found this searching for TW2002 btw :)

[doktorfaust]

great old school stuff. I'm pretty sure it works somewhere in the world, a friend reported some really old COs and trunks are still in use in Alaska.

[kigoldman]

Interesting history. I heard rumor that there are still phones around that it will work on. Of course, I had never actually seen a working redbox until today.