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CONVENTIONS:
^ (YOU SHOULD SEE THIS AS UPARROW) THE FOLLOWING CHARACTER IS
TYPED WITH THE CONTROL KEY HELD DOWN
<CR> CARRIAGE RETURN
LIST OF HOSTS IN ORDER OF HOST NUMBER MODULO 64. WITH SUFFICIENT
INFORMATION, WHERE KNOWN, TO GET YOU STARTED. IF THERE ARE ANY
SUGGESTIONS AND/OR ERRORS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW, AND I WILL FIX
THEM. SEND ME A NOTE BY ":MAIL JOHNNY <INFO> ^C". INFO CAN BE
ON AS MANY LINES AS YOU PLEASE.
*** HOST 1 UCLA-NMC (SEX)
WHEN IT TYPES "LOG ON$" TYPE
ARPA<CR> MUST BE IN UPPER CASE. ONLY THING I CAN HACK
IS THEIR HELP PROGRAM.
*** HOST 65. = 101 UCLA-CCN (CCN)
HAS A LOGGER, BUT I DON'T HAVE A LOGIN CODE.
*** HOST 2 SRI-ARC
TENEX
LOGIN <YOUR FORMAL HOST NAME> ARPA 1
<YOUR INITIALS>
LOGIN GUEST <?>
? GIVES LIST OF COMMANDS
IF YOUR TERMINAL BEHAVIOR IS POOR, TRY TE<ALTMODE>?
35 I ETC.
--- HOST 66. = 102 SRI-AI
*** HOST 3 UCSB-MOD75 (UCSB)
HAS A LOGGER, BUT I DONT HAVE AN I.D. NUMBER.
*** HOST 4 UTAH-10
HAS A LOGGER, BUT I DON'T HAVE A LOGIN CODE.
--- HOST 5 BBN-NCC (NCC)
*** HOST 69. = 105 BBN-TENEX (BBN)
THE FOLLOWING SUPPOSEDLY WORKED AT ONE TIME, BUT NO LONGER:
FULL<CR> TO GET ECHO
LOGIN<CR>
USER=TENAR PASSWORD=ARPA ACCOUNT=<YOUR NAME>
--- HOST 133. = 205 BBN-TENEXB (BBNB)
*** HOST 6 MIT-MULTICS (MIT-M)
WORLD'S SLOWEST TIME SHARING SYSTEM. I DON'T HAVE A LOGIN CODE.
*** HOST 70. = 106 MIT-DMCG (DMCG)
MIT DYNAMIC MODELLING GROUP (DYNAMOD)
PDP-10 INCOMPATIBLE TIME SHARING SYSTEM (ITS)
INSTRUCTIONS ARE GIVEN FOR LOGGING IN.
NETWRK<CR> GIVES INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE. THIS TELNET IS ESPECIALLY
USEFUL BECAUSE OF ITS "SURVEY" AND "NCP.HOST.TABLE" COMMANDS.
DISCONNECTION CAUSES LOGOUT
*** HOST 134. = 206 MIT-AI (AI)
MIT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY
PDP-10 INCOMPATIBLE TIME SHARING SYSTEM (ITS)
TYPE ? FOR HELP. NON-OBVIOUS COMMANDS:
^Z STOPS PROGRAMS. ALSO REACTIVATES TERMINAL IF YOU
LOGGED OUT BUT HAVEN'T DISCONNECTED.
^_C <PROGRAMMER NAME><SPACE> OR ^_C <TTY NUMBER><SPACE>
PUTS YOU IN COMMUNICATE MODE. TERMINATED ONLY BY ^_N
^_^Z SENDS ^Z TO PROGRAM INSTEAD OF STOPPING IT
^_^_ SENDS ^_ TO PROGRAM
^_<OTHER CHARACTERS> SEE ".INFO.;TTY MEMO"
PROGRAMS ON AI:
SEE ML, BELOW.
DISCONNECTING FROM AI CAUSES LOGOUT.
*** HOST 198. = 306 MIT-ML (ML)
MIT MATH LABORATORY (MATHLAB)
PDP-10 INCOMPATIBLE TIME SHARING SYSTEM (ITS)
ACTUALLY ALMOST IDENTICAL TO AI.
USEFUL/NEAT PROGRAMS ON BOTH AI AND ML:
INFO^K PRINTS FILES ON INFO DIRECTORY
TELNET^K STARTS TELNET PROGRAM. FULL DOCUMENTATION IN
".INFO.;TELNET INFO".
W^K FASTEST WAY TO FIND OUT WHO IS ON THE SYSTEM.
CHESS^K WORLD'S BEST CHESS PROGRAM.
TAKES SYMBOLIC CHESS NOTATION.
PW<CR> PB<CR> PS<CR> PLAY WHITE, BLACK, SELF.
PLEASE RUN IT WHEN SYSTEM IS NOT TOO CROWDED.
MACSYM^K HAIRY MATH PROGRAM. SOLVES SYSTEMS OF NONLINEAR
EQUATIONS, INTEGRATES, ETC. DITTO.
CNVR^K "LISP AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WRITTEN" ^G PUTS YOU IN A WELL-DEFINED STA\
TE.
--- HOST 7 RAND-RCC
*** HOST 71. = 107 RAND-CSG
TENEX
HAS A LOGGER, BUT I HAVE NO LOGIN CODE
--- HOST 8. = 10 SDC-ADEPT (SDC)
*** HOST 9. = 11 HARV-10 (ACL)
HARVARD
PDP-10 DEC TIME-SHARING SYSTEM
LOGIN 62,50
<SPACE>RLS THIS PASSWORD NO LONGER WORKS
WARNING: DISCONNECTING CAUSES YOUR JOB TO
BE DISOWNED. KJOB BEFORE FINAL DISCONNECTION.
??? HOST 10. = 12 LL-67
??? HOST 74. = 112 LL-TX-2 (TX-2)
--- HOST 138. = 212 LL-TSP
*** HOST 11. = 13 SU-AI (SAIL)
STANFORD UNIVERSITY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY
PDP-10 MODIFIED DEC SYSTEM
WORLD'S MOST UNRELIABLE SYSTEM
INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN FOR LOGGING IN.
SAIL IS ORIENTED TOWARDS ITS OWN HAIRY CHARACTER SET WHICH MAKES
IT SOMEWHAT PAINFUL AT TIMES TO USE FROM A TTY.
HELP<CR> IS USEFUL.
R INFO<CR> WORLD'S HAIRIEST INFO SYSTEM.
R TALKER<CR> THEIR TELNET PROGRAM.
^E^E<DIGIT> ACCUMULATES NUMBER
^E^EH SENDS OUT THAT CHARACTER CODE
^E^EX<CHARACTER> CHANGES BREAK CHARACTER
(INITIALLY ^E) TO <CHARACTER>
R NIMLIN<CR> A NEAT GAME
TALK TTY<TTY NUMBER> TRIES TO COMMUNICATE WITH TTY<TTY NUMBER>
TALK CTY<CR> COMMUNICATE WITH CONSOLE TTY. TALKS ARE FLUSHED
ONLY BY ^C
SEND <PROGRAMMER NAME><CR> MAILS MESSAGE TO <PN>
R MES<CR><TTY NUMBER> SEND MESSAGE IMMEDIATELY TO TTY<TTY NUMBER>
R CHESS<CR> AN OLD VERSION OF THE GREENBLATT CHESS PROGRAM
R CHECKE<CR> AN EXCELLENT CHECKERS PROGRAM
R GO A MARGINAL GO PROGRAM
^C STOPS PROGRAMS
--- HOST 12. = 14 ILL-ANTS (ANTS)
--- HOST 76. = 114 ILL-CAC (CAC)
--- HOST 13. = 15 CASE-10
*** HOST 14. = 16 CMU-10
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY
PDP-10 STANDARD DEC SYSTEM
HOURS 1100 TO 2100 EST
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