




SATURDAY 10 AM
DAYS INN
MANHATTEN NY
COLLESIUM ROOM

OFFICIAL 1986 NATIONAL TAP CONVENTION

SPEAKER- CHESIRE CATALYST

PRESENT- VARIOUS HACKERS/CRACKERS/AND
         REPORTERS FROM ALL OVER THE
         U.S.A. INCLUDING DISTINGUISHED
         PHREAKS AND VARIOUS AGENTS OF
         LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCYS TRYING
         BE SNEAKY.

TOPICS - CCIS AND THE FUTURE OF TAP

NO-SHOW- TUC-WHACKO BROTHERS-JOHN DRAPER         -LEX LUTHOR-SUSAN THUNDER



 CABLE TV ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO FILM
 FROM THE REAR SO AS NOT TO GET ANYONES
 FACE ON FILM EXCEPT THE SPEAKERS (CHES
 IRES),AND EVERYONE PRESENT APPROVED OR
 STAYED BEHIND THE CAMERAS.      

WHILE CHESIRE WAS IN FRON OF THE ROOM
EXPLAINING THE VIRTUES OF CCIS,MOST
OF US OLE FARTS WERE IN BACK BEHIND
THE CAMERAS HASHING OVER THE REAL
TECH STUFF CONFRONTING OUR FUTURE.
TOPIC TOUCHED UPON WERE BIT-MILE,
CLASS,AND OF COURSE TAPS FUTURE.

UPON CHESIRES COMPLETION OF HIS
TUTORIAL OF CCIS,HE THEN PROCEEDED
INTO THE QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
REGARDING TAPS FUTURE AND IF INDEED
TAP SHOULD BE RESTARTED AT ALL.

(NOW YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE FACT
 THAT SINCE CHESIRE HAS BEEN CASHING
 TAPS SUBSCRIPTION CHECKS FOR THE  
 LAST 2 YEARS AND BLOWING THE MONEY
 ON HIMSELF,HE COULD NEVER AGAIN BE
 TRUSTED TO PUBLISH TAP.ALSO WITH
 OVER A THOUSAND OUTSTANDING CHECKS
 THAT HE CASHED,IM SUPRISED THAT
 NO-ONE HAS YET COMPLAINED ABOUT
 FRAUD TO POSTAL INSPECTORS.)

TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT,SCAN MAN
CONFRONTED HIM ABOUT THOSE CHECKS
AND HIS RIPPING EVERYONE OFF,BUT ALL
CHESIRE COULD SAY WAS HE WAS SORRY
AND SPENT THE MONEY ON HIS BILLS.
WHEN ASKED BY SCAN MAN ABOUT REFUNDS
HE ASKED 2600 IF THEY WOULD LIKE TAP.
THEY SAID THEY SURE WOULD LIKE TAPS
MAILING LIST BUT WOULDNT WANT ANYTHING
TO DO WITH TAPS LIABILITIES.
 I OFFERED ON BEHALF OF OUR GROUP
TO ACCEPT BOTH ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
OF TAP,BUT THAT HE HAS TO SIGN OVER
OWNERSHIP IN WRITING.
 OBVIOUSLY,CHESIRE WAS IN THE HOT SEAT.
HE HAD ADMITTED TO A FEDERAL FELONY OF
MAIL FRAUD IN FRONT OF TV AND WITNESSES. OBVIOUSLY HE NEEDED TIME TO THINK ABOUT THE RAMIFICATIONS OF HIS STATEMENTS
AND LOOKED FOR THE QUICKEST WAY OUT OF
THE LIMELIGHT WHICH WAS TO DECLARE THAT
TAP MAGAZINE WAS DEAD FOREVER.
 OBVIOUSLY,THAT ANSWER PACIFIED THE
PRESS,FEDS,AND FOOLS.BUT TO SOME OF US
,NO WAS NOT YET ACCEPTABLE.SO AFTER THE
MAIN CONVENTION WAS OVER,CHESIRE,MYSELF,SCAN MAN,THE CRACKER,AND OTHERS DECENDED DOWN THE STAIRS INTO THE HOTEL BAR.

AFTER A FEW DRINKS,I ASKED CHESIRE WHY
HE WAS DETERMINED TO KILL TAP.
HE FIRST SAID THAT HE DIDNT FEEL IT
COULD BE CONTINUED IN THE SAME IDEOLOGY
AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED.I BLEW THAT FLIMSY EXCUSE AWAY BY STATING THAT TAPS ORIGIN WAS ABBEY HOFFMAN AND TAP WAS
ORIGINALLY INTENDED AS AN ANARCHY TYPE
NEWSLETTER OF THE OLE VIETNAM PROTEST
DAYS,AND IF INDEED IT WAS CHANGE HE WAS
WORRIED ABOUT,THEN HE HIMSELF HAD ALREADY DONE THAT.
 NEXT EXCUSE WAS THAT HE DIDNT WANT TO
SEE TAP PUBLISHED USING LAZAR WRITERS
AND NEW HIGH TECH METHODS INSTEAD OF
THE OLE GLUE POT AND PASTEBOARD METHODS. THIS ONE ANSWER RAISED EVERYONES EYE-
BROWS HALF AN INCH.OBVIOUSLY EITHER
HIS EGO IS SUCH THAT HE WANTS HIS NAME
AND TAP TO DIE TOGETHER,OR POSSIBLY
SOMEONE IS PAYING CHESIRE NOT TO GIVE
UP TAP,AND LET IT DIE.(I.E.BELL SECURITY,FBI,SECRET SERVICE.) THE LATTER MAKES
MORE SENSE,AS THAT TIS THE ONLY WAY HE
CAN AVOID A FEDERAL MAIL FRAUD BUST.





SEEING THAT IT WAS USELESS TO CONTINUE
ALONG THOSE LINES,ME,SCAN MAN & MY OLE
LADY WENT ON TO THE RED PARROT DISCO
UNTILL 4 AM HAVING ONE GOOD TIME,AND
GETTING WASTED.

IS TAP REALLY DEAD YOU ASK?

NOT ON YOUR LIFE-SEEMS LIKE A GOOD POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT ABBEY HOFFMAN NEVER
SIGNED OVER THE RIGHTS TO TAP TO ANYONE! AND ALL THESE YEARS THE REAL OWNERSHIP
STILL LIES IN HIS HANDS!    

AND THE WHACKO BROTHERS JUST FINISHED
A 2 HOUR CONFERANCE WITH ABBEY HOFFMAN
IN WHICH HE SAID NOT ONLY WILL HE GIVE
THEM YPPL AND TAP RIGHTS,BUT WILL ALSO
HELP WRITE FOR THEM AND USE HIS EXPERTISE TO HELP THEM AQUIRE MILLIONS OF
NEW SUBSCRIBERS.SEEING AS HOW CHESIRE
WOULD HAVE TO FILE SUIT AND EXPLAIN
HIS ACTIVITIES WITH TAPS SUBSCRIPTION
FUNDS BEING DIVERTED INTO HIS OWN
POCKET,I FIND IT VERY UNLIKELY CHESIRE
WILL DO NOTHING MORE THAN HUMBLY STEP
ASIDE.

THERE IS NO GUARANTEE TAP WILL RE-START.
BUT EVEN IF THE WACKO BROTHERS DONT USE
TAPS NAME,THEY STILL MAY BE PUTTING OUT
A PHREAK/HACKING MAGAZINE THAT CERTAINLY HAS STIRRED THE INTEREST OF ALL THE
GREATS BOTH PRESENT AND PAST.(PROVIDING
THE WACKO BROTHERS STAY OUT OF JAIL
LONG ENOUGH)

FOR THOSE OF YOU INTERESTED IN TAKING
A CHANCE SUBSCRIBING TO THE NEW TAP-

          SEND $35 TO

         TAP MAGAZINE
      611 PAINTED VISTA DR.
      ST.LOUIS MO. 63021

      314-527-8922


NUFF SAID-
BOOTLEG

         $25 PER YEAR
      THE BOOTLEGGER MAGAZINE
      1080 HAYS RD.
      CAVE JCT.OR 97523

          ALSO

         $25 PER YEAR
 
      THE HACKER MAGAZINE
      1080 HAYS CUT-OFF RD.
      CAVE JCT. OR. 97523

