i used to have a lot of fun with toneloc in the early 90s. especially with the feature that lets you tag certain calls as being "Girl" or "Jerk on the phone" or "Weird sound". I made a map of the 604 area code and found lots of strange and interesting carriers mostly in the 68x exchange which is mostly downtown vancouver
@SchlossRitter To be honest, I'm not sure about DOSBox and real modems; I don't think it would work. DOSBox does emulate modems, but it actually translates the traffic into Internet TCP/IP traffic instead of sending it to an actual hardware modem.
hey i got window xp i almost got it juz need help with the config file creating and by the way can i use my mobile phone with tone loc as i aint got telephone line ?
@moshg Both of those are DOS programs that access the hardware fairly directly, and as such will not run well in Windows. If they're not working for you, I suggest getting programs for Windows, or running them in true DOS mode (which would require a pre-NT Windows).
this brings back some memories using my new high powered dial up system, using wardialers to piss people off at midnight that was fun ive been looking for free wardialers that actually work but they seem to be incredibly difficult if not impossible to find anybody have any ideas on where to find them?
Awesome! Thanks for making such a great piece of software. :) I enjoyed your trucking videos, they have some beautiful views of the European countryside. Tschüs!
They are exactly what they sound like. :) While scanning, if you happen to be at your computer listening to the sounds from the phone line, there are a few keys you can press to "mark" this number for later reference. If you hear a really hot-sounding girl/woman or an obnoxious asshole who you might want to call back later to harass personally, then you can mark the number for that purpose and a specially-colored dot will show up on the map.
When you scan your local exchange for modems, you'd inevitably get a girl going "hello? HELLO?" or some yelling asshole. ToneLoc had features so you could mark all these on the chart of your exchange ^^
That reminds me: a little under 20 years ago, a friend of mine had to sell his stereo amp to pay for a $1,000 fine to Bell Canada for blue boxing using TouchTerm on the C64 (great terminal program back then). You put the phone mic on top of the monitor (where the speaker was) and TouchTerm would play an impressive stream of super loud dialtones.
That was when logging on to U.S. 0-DAY-WAREZ BBSes was still considered worth bragging about, of course. :)
i used to have a lot of fun with toneloc in the early 90s. especially with the feature that lets you tag certain calls as being "Girl" or "Jerk on the phone" or "Weird sound". I made a map of the 604 area code and found lots of strange and interesting carriers mostly in the 68x exchange which is mostly downtown vancouver
tomp2008 1 year ago
I would pronounce ToneLoc with a long o, just like the former rapper.
If you had an actual modem, does DosBox even properly pass along commands to it?
Interesting that these are from 1994, as that's the year I first ever went online (briefly), though it was through America Online (ugh) on Win 3.1.
SchlossRitter 1 year ago
@SchlossRitter To be honest, I'm not sure about DOSBox and real modems; I don't think it would work. DOSBox does emulate modems, but it actually translates the traffic into Internet TCP/IP traffic instead of sending it to an actual hardware modem.
LateBlt 1 year ago
hey i got window xp i almost got it juz need help with the config file creating and by the way can i use my mobile phone with tone loc as i aint got telephone line ?
moshg 1 year ago
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hey there could you help get toneloc or thc scan to run on my windos i cant get it to run
moshg 1 year ago
hey there could you help get toneloc or thc scan to run on my windos i cant get it to run
moshg 1 year ago
@moshg Both of those are DOS programs that access the hardware fairly directly, and as such will not run well in Windows. If they're not working for you, I suggest getting programs for Windows, or running them in true DOS mode (which would require a pre-NT Windows).
LateBlt 1 year ago
@LateBlt hey im i get it oepn in dos can i use my mobile phone to as a modem to toneloc? i dont have a telephone line :(
moshg 1 year ago
this brings back some memories using my new high powered dial up system, using wardialers to piss people off at midnight that was fun ive been looking for free wardialers that actually work but they seem to be incredibly difficult if not impossible to find anybody have any ideas on where to find them?
thomas242007 1 year ago
I am Onkel Dittmeyer and I approve this video :D Really brings back the memories, cool people still use these old warez ;)
itsthemechanic 2 years ago 3
Awesome! Thanks for making such a great piece of software. :) I enjoyed your trucking videos, they have some beautiful views of the European countryside. Tschüs!
LateBlt 2 years ago
What's with the "Girl" and "Asshole" thingys?
F0nkyNinja 2 years ago
They are exactly what they sound like. :) While scanning, if you happen to be at your computer listening to the sounds from the phone line, there are a few keys you can press to "mark" this number for later reference. If you hear a really hot-sounding girl/woman or an obnoxious asshole who you might want to call back later to harass personally, then you can mark the number for that purpose and a specially-colored dot will show up on the map.
LateBlt 2 years ago
I see. That could have interesting uses, but I'll heed the disclaimer personally and refrain from doing anything bad.
F0nkyNinja 2 years ago
When you scan your local exchange for modems, you'd inevitably get a girl going "hello? HELLO?" or some yelling asshole. ToneLoc had features so you could mark all these on the chart of your exchange ^^
itsthemechanic 2 years ago
Funky Cold Medina?
doomayam 2 years ago
If anyone wonders where the roots of our internet society got started, phone hackers are it.
Redfordcrate 2 years ago
That reminds me: a little under 20 years ago, a friend of mine had to sell his stereo amp to pay for a $1,000 fine to Bell Canada for blue boxing using TouchTerm on the C64 (great terminal program back then). You put the phone mic on top of the monitor (where the speaker was) and TouchTerm would play an impressive stream of super loud dialtones.
That was when logging on to U.S. 0-DAY-WAREZ BBSes was still considered worth bragging about, of course. :)
StormingDecker 2 years ago
ToneLoc was a great piece of software for finding Joshua and nearly starting a global thermonuclear war.
Ah, those were the days. :)
StormingDecker 2 years ago
Yeah!
JackiePaquito 2 years ago
To be honest, I didn't understand half of the content in this video, but interesting none the less.
viperxeon 2 years ago 4