Befreore terereading any farther. This is sorta intender fod for other people as we know what we are doing. I'm trying to pspacrk intorest int  the group. There alre plugs for this board, mine, and also for The Fee Worlree Wrorold Eliorld WElite ][. amdnd The Fringe. This is a promo paper. Throw is at about where you feel a good breed of usreers will show up. P h o r t u n e 5 0 0 N e w s l e t t e r The Official Newsletter of: The Private Connection YYZ Private The Undergraduate Lounge Issue #1 - Information Valid as of 12/28/86 For those in Phortune 500, you may know of the perils that we have faced as of late. Shortly after the startup of Phortune, YYZ Private, Brew Associate's board, was taken down by a number of forces, including calls during non BBS times by authorities of various long distance companies. In better news, under the direction of Brew Associates and The Mad Hacker, YYZ Private is taking form as a logon option from the LOGON MATRIX of The Private Connection (Mad Hacker's board). Chances are, that by new years, the "old" YYZ Private will return, messages and all, as a sub-let of The Private Connection. *NOTE* Access to both YYZ Private and The Private Connection is on an invitation - limited access basis. In other Phortune news, Striker is back after a hiatus, and is welcomed by all. Quinton J. Miranda set up his limited access semi-private board, but is waiting for news from other Phortune memebers for modifications and improvements. "The Code Thief Project" Brew Associates, since the demise of YYZ Private, has been working on a Code Hacker/Exchange Scanner. As of today (12/28/86) version 1.95 has been released to the public, and is well worth the download time (3.5 minutes/2400 baud). Due to new I/O routines, it will work with ANY TRUE HAYES compatible or close relation. Work is being done on Brew's part to make this hacker work with other modems and at higher baud rates (currently CodeThief 1.95 only supports 300 and 1200 baud). Code Thief can be downloaded from the Official Phortune BBS, The Private Connection. Brew Associates can also be reached there. "The curse of Blue Beard and PC-Pirate" As of approx. 12/18, PC-Pirate and Blue Beard had been removed from The Private Connection. By 12/20, they had been removed from The Fringe and Gallifrey. No later than Christmas, they had been removed from all seven of the operational Holovision Network BBSs at the request of THE RENAGADE CHEMIST. On the date of 12/26, their names entered the TRASHCAN.TXT file of The Undergraduate Lounge. It is suspected that several other BBSs have followed in this removal. BB and PCP (as I will refer to them) have not only made threats of "turning in BBSs" to government authorities, but have also crank called the YYZ number out of BBS hours where it was once a house line. (The YYZ number is now disconnected.) In adition to trading PWs and LOGONS, they are leeches in the purest sense. They are affiliated with Conrad Seven and Sam Brown. Sam Brown, aka Mr. Wonderful is running a board where they all "hang out." We have full files on BB. PCP, Conrad Seven and Sam Brown. Sysops. Remove these people from your boards. This is not a joking matter. They are dangerous, as well as security leaks. In non/Phortune news, Major Havoc has returned with yet another great BBS program for your enjoyment. The Free World ][ Elite is up and running with 40 megabytes and online adventures at your disposal. (All BBS numbers will be listed at the end of this file.) He will also be running a PG and The Private Connection ][ from his LOGON MATRIX. Several other telecommunication oriented boards have arisen in Major Havoc's NPA. Please consult his board for the exact numbers bauds and hours (This isn't a goddamned BBS list). By Christmas, The Undergraduate Lounge was up and running. Due to rather limited space, the board is running in a "TRIAL" state. Perhaps programs may change and the board will become an AE with help from others. Some of you may be wondering what the Phortune 500 is. Formally, we are the Phortune 500 Board of Directors. We are a group of telecommunicationists (Pirates/Hackers/Phreakers) that have several goals. We wish not only to try and enlighten ourselves by having open message forums, providing simple, easy to follow, guides to concepts (ie: titles like "Alliance from Step One," and "The IBM Pirate Primer"), but we are also attempt to spead this information (and software) about the country. For information about joining the Phortune 500 group, please leave a message to The Mad Hacker, Brew Associates, Quinton J. Miranda, Striker, or any other member you may find. They will gladly relay your request to a Phortune message base. Conference. Because of the demise of YYZ, the Christmas break teleconference may be abandoned. Please post times when you can be contacted voice on TPC. Phortune 500 Message Bases -------- --- ------- ----- The Private Connection - 300/1200/2400 - 60 Megabytes - PRIVATE - Expanding to 160+ Megabytes and 300/1200/2400/4800/9600 - ONLINE RUN to IBM AE for text file operations - Sysop: The Mad Hacker - System also will be supporting YYZ Private by approx 1/87 - 219/322-7266 The Undergraduate Lounge - 300/120 - Small Storage - NEWPASS: FOXTROT - A small system run by Quinton J. Miranda - Simple World War Four (WWIV) base with messages only. 602/990-1573 Other "Good" Boards to Call ----- ------ ------ -- ---- The Free World Elite ][ - 300/1200/2400 - 40 Megabytes - LOGON: BBS - Sysop is Major Havoc - System will suport The Private Connection ][ through LOGON MATRIX in future - Online Adventure - Online AE by TMH to be installed into system - 301/668-7657 The Fringe - 300/1200/2400(?) - XX Megabytes - PRIVATE - Sysops are The Producer and The Director - 301/681-6755 -Phortune 500 Board of Director Production Limited (c) 1986- That's All Folks! Press a key...