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Does anyone actually have a magidial? A device for making free phonecalls. Or were they just an urban myth?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I used to be very much into the "phone phreaking" world and the Magidial was never used by anyone, because it didn't exist. It was invented by a con-man called Martyn Fisher - probably sold a duff piece of equipment to people for a lot of money. There were many other devices that allowed free phone calls such as a blue box (which generated tones to allow you to jump onto an international loop and dial wherever you wanted) and a red box (which generated tones to make the operator think you put money in - demonstrated in the film "Hackers"), but these devices are pretty much long gone. More recently there was a chip you could install inside a Philips Diga mobile phone (and later the Philips C12) which allowed free calls, but this was due to a design flaw whereby the credit was stored on the phone rather than the network. Needless to say, this has all been patched ;)
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