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Jacson6

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Sun Jul 13, 2025, 07:59 PM Jul 13

Calling Girl Friends Long Distance on a Steve Wozniak Break out box. [View all]

In the 1970's I used one of these to call girl friends that I had met while camping in NY, OH, IN and MI that was given to me by an early phreaker( hacker). I was tried of dropping quarters to call them with my paper route money and he gave one to me. Any one else have the same experience? Today I would be an outlaw, but in the 70's there weren't any such laws.

I was terrified that my dad would give me the what for if he found out so I used pay phones to do it with,


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