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** The Basics of Hacking III: Data General **
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**       The Knights of Shadow             **
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   Welcome to the basics of hacking III: Data General computers.
Data General is favored by large corporations who need to have a
lot of data on-line. The Data General AOS, which stands for
Advanced Operating System, is a version of bastardized UNIX.
All the commands which were in the UNIX article, will work on a
Data General.

   Once again, we have the problem of not knowing the format for
the login name on the Data General you want to hack. As seems to
be standard, try names from one to 8 digits long.  Data General
designed the computer to be for businessmen, and is thus very
simplistic, and basically fool proof (but not damn fool proof).
It follows the same login format as the unix system:

DG=> login:
DG=> password:
YOU=> password

   Passwords can be a maximum of 8 characters, and they are
almost always set to a default of 'AOS' or 'DG'. (any you know
about businessmen...)

   A word about control characters:

   Cntrl-O stops massive print-outs to the screen, but leaves
you in whatever mode you were.  (A technical word on what this
actually does:  It tells the CPU to ignore the terminal, and
prints everything out to the CPU!  This is about 19200 baud, and
so it seems like it just cancels.)

   Cntrl-U kills the line you are typing at the time.

   Now for the weird one:  Cntrl-C tells the CPU to stop, and
wait for another cntrl character.  To stop a program, you
actually need to type Cntrl-C and then a Cntrl-B.

   Once you get on, type 'HELP'.  Many DG (Data General)
computers are sold in a package deal, which also gets the
company free customizing.  So you never know what commands there
might be.  So we will follow what is known as the 'ECLIPSE
STANDARD', or what it comes out of the factory like.

   To find out the files on the directory you are using, type =>
DIR To run a program, just like on a DEC, just type its name.
Other than this, and running other people's programs, there
really isn't a standard...

   ***  HARK, yon other system users  ***

   To see who is on, type => WHO

   This shows the other users, what they are doing, and what
paths they are connected across.  This is handy, so try a few of
those paths yourself.  To send a message,

   SEND username

   This is a one time message, just like send on the DEC 10.
From here on, try commands from the other previous files and
from the 'HELP' listing.

   SUPERUSER:

   If you can get privs, just say: SUPERUSER ON

   By the way, you remember that computers keep a log of what
people do?  type:

   SYSLOG /STOP

and it no longer records anything you do on the system, or any
of the other users.  It screams to high heaven that it was you
who turned it off, but it keeps no track of any accounts created
or whatever else you may do.  You can say:

   SYSLOG /START  

   to turn it back on (now why would you want to do something
like that?????)

   To exit from the system, type:

   BYE

   and the system will hang up on you.
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   Most of the systems around, including DECs, VAX's, and DG's,
have games. These are usually located in a path or directory of
the name  games or <games> or games:  Try looking in them, and
you may find some trek games, adventure, zork, wumpus (with bent
arrows in hand) or a multitude of others.  There may also be
games called 'CB' or 'FORUM'. These are a sort of computer
conference call.  Use them on weekends, and you can meet all
sorts of interesting people.
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