Sup, I'm Ryan from Ohio. Made my first beige box yesterday after starting to get into the scene yesterday. My mom told me I couldn't tear the phone apart, so I took the dial up modem out of my old HP and put 2 prongs in the middle where the green and red wires are, and soldered them to 2 wires on the outside. So I can plug phones and such in there without destroying phones.
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Forgot to mention, I'm 14, so if I have a few noob moments, it's not my fault.. entirely my fault that is.. :p