(>View: f12 TAP CORNER WORD PROCCESSED BY THE MULCHER ][ EXCULISIVELY FOR APPLE TREK SYSTEMS --------------------------------------- REPRINTED FROM VARIOUS TAP ISSUES. PAC-MAN THIS TRICK ISN'T EXACTLY NEW, BUT IT'S INTERESTING NONE THE LESS. ON SOME MIDWAY VIDEO GAMES, INCLUDING PAC-MAN, A SMALL FLAW IN THE COIN TOTALIZER ALLOWS FREE GAMES. HOW? TAKE A SMALL BUT WEIGHTY OBJECT SUCX AS A "D" SIZE BATTERY OR POAKET KNIFE, AND GIVE THE MACHINE A SHARP RAP BETWEEN THE COIN DEPOSIT AND COIN RETURN SLOTS. IF YOU HAVE DONE IT CORRECTLY, YOU WILL GET ONE FREE CREDIT. DO IT MORE, AND GET MORE. THERE'S NO LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURNS HERE! HOWEVER, SOME MACHINES HAVE BEEN FITTED WITH A "TILT" SWITCH IN THAT AREA, SO, YA WIN SOME, YA LOSE SOME. STRINGING: A METHOD WHICH WORKS ON MANY MACHINES IS CALLED STRINGING. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SIMPLE THINGS IMAGINABLE. JUST TAKE A QUARTER (OR A TOKEN, IF YOU HAVE A PLACE LIKE THAT AROUND. MACHINES WHICH TAKE TOKENS HAVE LOWER TOLERANCES AND ARE EASIER TO FOOL) AND EITHER TAPE OR GLUE A PIECE OF THREAD (OR DENTAL FLOSS, WHICH WORKS BETTER) ABOUT 2 FEET LONG TO IT. GOT THAT? NOW, GO TO YOU FAVORITE CROWDED ARCADE AND PUT THE QUAD IN. BUT NOT ALL THE WAY. JUST LOWER IT DOWN SLOWLY UNTIL YOU HEAR (OR FEEL) IT HIT THE TOTALIZER MECHANISM. THEN JIGGLE IT UP AND DOWN. EACH TIME YOU HIT THE TRIGGER INSIDE, YOU'LL GET A CREDIT! NOW IT'S TIME FOR SOME NUMBERS. THERE IS A COMPUTER LOCATED AT 800-521-2255. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS SINCE IT WILL NO ACCEPT 300 BAUD. IF IT IS SAFE TO BOX IN YOUR AREA HERE IS THE NUMBER TO THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY IBM 3033. 609-452-3854. AFTER CONNECTING YOU WILL GET THE VM/370 ONLINE MESSAGE. HIT RETURN AND THE SYSTEM WILL SEND A "1!". NOW TRY DIFFERENT IDS. YOUR BEST BET IS THE Q9XXX (XXX=000TO 199) SERIES. IF YOU GET NOT IN CP DIRECTORY IT MEANS TXAT THERE IS NOT AN ACCOUNT UNDER THAT ID PRESENTLY. IF YOU GET "PASSWORD:XXXXXXXX THEN ALWAYS TRY "NULLPASS" FIRST. AFTER FOUR ATTEMPTS THE SYSTEM WILL DUMP YOU. IF YOU DO GET AN ACCOUNT TYPE "MONEY" TO SEE HOW MUCH DOUGH THE ACCT. HAS. THEN TYPE "GAMES" TO ACCESS THE GAMES DISK. THE OPERATING SYSTEM IS CMS BY IBM. MANY OF THEIR SYSTEMS USE IT. THERE IS A GM WATTS EXTENDER USING T-TONE AT 800-521-1805. THE ACCESS NUMBER CAN BE FROM 1 TO 23 DIGITS LON. AFTER ENTERING YOUR NUMBER HIT # TO TELL THE MACHINE YOU ARE FINISHED. THERE IS A PBX AT 800-521-1675. THE ACCESS CODE IS 3000. THEN YOU CAN HIT 7,8, OR 9. AFTER THAT I DON'T KNOW. THERE IS ALSO A PBX AT 800-521-2625 AND; THE ACCESS CODE IS 3 DIGITS LONG. TAP ROOM 603 147 W. 42 ST. NEW YORK, NY, 10036 WORD PROCCESSED BY THE MULCHER ][ ******==--------==*******