ToneLoc and BlueBEEP in DOSBox

Computer telephony programs have become uninspired and corporatized. Here are two programs that bring memories of when software was fun, telephony was cool, and when the two were combined, genuinely magical things happened.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• ToneLoc
• BlueBEEP
• Minor
• Threat
• Mucho
• Mass
• Onkel
• Dittmeyer
• phone
• phreak
• phreaking
• software
• DOSBox
• tone
• tones
• scan
• scanner
• wardial
• wardialing
• wardialer
• warp
• Flight
• Through
• Space

[SchlossRitter]

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.

[LateBlt]

@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.

[moshg]

hey there could you help get toneloc or thc scan to run on my windos i cant get it to run

[LateBlt]

@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).

[itsthemechanic]

I am Onkel Dittmeyer and I approve this video :D Really brings back the memories, cool people still use these old warez ;)

[LateBlt]

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!

[viperxeon]

To be honest, I didn't understand half of the content in this video, but interesting none the less.

[tomp2008]

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

[moshg]

@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]

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 ?

[thomas242007]

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?