This lesson: Destroying an Apple! In previous
articles I have written many techniques for revenge through sabotage. In
addition to my thousands of Krazy Glue Tricks (only a few of which have
actually been posted in files), I have devised a great many sabotage techniques
for animate and inanimate objects. However, these were generally rather
basic due to a desire to fit as many into one file as possible. Now, those
days are over as I write larger, more helpful files.
So, then, here is Pranks 11: Advanced
Sabotage 1
- How to Destroy an Apple Computer.
HOW TO BLOW UP AN APPLE COMPUTER: Anyone can blow up anything with a stick
of dynamite and a fuse or det-box. But what we have here is the most exquisite
way known to destroy an Apple computer. The reason I picked Apple is NOT
just because I hate them, but because they are very easy to get inside
of, and there is lots of room inside for a bomb or whatever. This tactic
will actually work for any machine, but if you don't want to turn the machine
upside down and unscrew god-knows-how-many-screws, wasting time that you
probably don't have, then use an Apple. Anyways, down to it. Make a bomb
with an electrical igniter that lights when 6 volts are applied to it.
Smoke bombs are great for computers; they quite nicely fuck up a computer's
board and make the machine smoke like hell too. The effect is great, especially
if you pick either a brand-new (never used) machine or one that has had
many hardware problems in the past. Now, attach the igniter leads to the
switched +12 supply and ground. Close the computer. As soon as the machine
is turned on, its doom is sealed as the bomb ignites. It may even let out
its initial BEEP before its ROMs get melted. If you are really destructive,
go to high school, and don't mind your school not having any computer science
department anymore, then this may be for you: If all the machines in the
school's computer room are connected to a master switch, and all go on
when the switch is thrown, then it would be a tremendous coup if you could
(at a time when the machines are off) plant a smoke bomb or other bomb
in EACH machine. Oh, here's a good one: if you can find or make an electrical
igniter that will go off with the current from the Annunciator output of
the Apple, then you have the potential to create some really professional
havoc. Simply attach the bomb to an annunciator line and ground, and then
leave a disk lying around that says "Great New Wares" on it. This is a
great follow-up to my infamous sandpaper diskette. What the disk contains
is, a whole bunch of really big files (the magic of sector editors) with
the name a new ware on them, and a 2 sector one named HELLO. After perusing
the catalog, the sucker will naturally boot up the ware. HELLO will then
boot up what appears to be a nice crack screen, with the warning that if
a certain peripheral is hooked up, the system will crash (name a peripheral
that is plugged into the target machine). Give JUST enough pause time that
the guy at the machine can read it, then have the annunciator to which
you have attached your bomb activated, just as a text message saying "PIRATE
COPY ---- SYSTEM SUSPENDED" comes on the screen. Immediately massive billowing
clouds of smoke will pour out of the machine and the guy will freak, telling
stories of how such-and-such a protection scheme can ACTUALLY SET THE MACHINE
ON FIRE if you mess with it. (Only a r0dent would actually believe such
a thing, but the response you could elicit is well worth the try). If you
can't find an igniter that will go off under the current from an annunciator,
or if you are blowing up a different machine whose programmable outputs
of whatever type have very little current output, then wire up a relay
with the +12 supply or a battery that CAN do the job. +12 or battery I
I +--------IIII-----+ + I I + + + + + + + +--* + * ignitor + +--* + + /
+ + / + +------ O--------- relay sw. @@@@@@@ relay coil + + + + + + gnd.
annunciator NOTE: These techniques will work with superior computers such
as the Timex Sinclair, but the effect is not as good. This file was written
June 1987 by the Fixer, when he still had a Commodore. Rumor has it he's
wised up and is getting a //e in Jan. It is a response to "How to crash
a Comodork BBS", one of which T.F. still happens to run... Call: TOMMY'S
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