// Tiniest Busy Box
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// by P(?)NYB(?)Y
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// http://www.oldskoolphreak.com

The busy box has been remade in many ways to serve different purposes.
For example, The 9-volt busy box utilizes an easily broken circuit for
quick disconnection. However, all the different incarnations of the
box are too large and easily visible for any practical use. It was this
factor that drove me to create my own version.

This box is amazingly simple to make, as are most other busy boxes. All
you need is an un-crimped RJ-11 plug, about one inch of copper (I suggest
taking it out of a spare modular cord), and an RJ-11 crimper. Inside the
plug, there should be four spaces for wires to go into, we will only be
concerned with the two in the middle (ring and tip). Fold your copper
wire in half and insert one end into the ring slot and one into the tip.
You can check and make sure they are in the appropriate spot by looking
from the direct front of the plug. Now just use your crimper to secure
the wire in place, and you're done. You know have a busy box that is
easy to hide just about anywhere on your body and almost impossible to
see in a phone jack.

While I'm on the subject of busy boxes, I figured I'd throw in another
concept I've been tossing around. I was reading over Captain B's tutorial
on the 9-volt busy box, and it got me thinking. Why bother wasting a
perfectly good beige box to connect to a battery when I could just make
a busy box with a standard 9-volt battery clip? So, I grabbed a spare
one and plugged the two wires into the corresponding slots on an RJ-11
plug (red on the middle-right and black on the middle-left) and crimped
it. Sure enough, it works! So, if you're in the market for a new version
of an old box, give that one a try. Props to Captain B for inspiring me.

Keep learning, keep teaching, keep hacking fun

P(?)NYB(?)Y
www.st0rage.org