Chat Five | Prairie Telephone

[22:15] <deadswitch> ok who's still up

[22:15] <blueboxkid> o/

[22:15] <t0neline> trying to fix my redbox

[22:15] <copperveins> here. reading through these old reports

[22:16] <MetalGear404> cat's finally asleep

[22:16] <MetalGear404> only cost me two capacitors and my sanity

[22:16] <deadswitch> copper did you see this biogeology thing

[22:16] <xphile> what's biogeology

[22:17] <copperveins> yeah. weird department for a phone company

[22:17] <blueboxkid> lmao prairie tel is people

[22:17] <t0neline> soylent green reference in 2024?

[22:17] <deadswitch> no but seriously what were they studying

[22:18] <copperveins> something about signal propagation through organic matter

[22:18] <xphile> t0ne your stuff breaks more than my relationships

[22:18] <MetalGear404> my cat just twitched in his sleep and i flinched

[22:18] <deadswitch> gran's notes keep referencing "echo-1 capable exchanges"

[22:19] <copperveins> that matches the tape code

[22:19] <blueboxkid> think we could find one?

[22:19] <t0neline> xphile: thx trying now

[22:19] <void_stack> you need the right equipment

[22:20] <deadswitch> where did you come from??

[22:20] <copperveins> always does that

[22:20] <MetalGear404> 2spooky4me

[22:21] <blueboxkid> but how do we find an exchange

[22:21] <xphile> anyone seen the new batman

[22:21] <copperveins> thinking... what if we check old phone books

[22:22] <deadswitch> for what?

[22:22] <copperveins> exchanges used different prefixes

[22:22] <copperveins> could identify prairie tel numbers

[22:22] <void_stack> pattern matching would work

[22:23] <blueboxkid> wardial them?

[22:23] <t0neline> careful with that

[22:23] <deadswitch> library probably has old regional directories

[22:24] <copperveins> @blueboxkid DO NOT wardial these

[22:24] <copperveins> not until we know more

[22:24] <void_stack> correct. buffer issues.

[22:24] <MetalGear404> cat's awake

[22:24] <MetalGear404> ABORT ABORT

[22:25] <deadswitch> what buffer issues?

[22:25] <xphile> he does that too

[22:25] <deadswitch> starting to hate when that happens

[22:26] <copperveins> @deadswitch library tomorrow?

[22:26] <deadswitch> yeah. need to find gran's old numbers

[22:26] <blueboxkid> can i help?

[22:27] <copperveins> research only. no dialing.

[22:27] <t0neline> got it working!

[22:27] <xphile> nice

[22:27] <MetalGear404> cat's looking at my oscilloscope

[22:27] <MetalGear404> why

[22:28] <deadswitch> night all. tomorrow we find an exchange

[22:28] <copperveins> be careful

[22:28] <blueboxkid> this is so cool

[22:29] <t0neline> night

[22:29] <MetalGear404> NOT THE OSCILLOSCOPE

[22:29] <xphile> F