On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 23:44:51 +0000, Lester, Bob wrote: > Dartmouth? I got into quite a bit of trouble when I got a little > over-familiar with the DTSS system at Dartmouth - one connected to the USMMA > (among others, I think). This was around 1975/6. > > Crashed it once (via acoustic modem in the library on-campus). Couldn't > believe it happened, so of course I did it again. Then I ran away - I was 16 > years old! > > Been hooked on IT ever since. :-) > Sometimes operators would neglect disabling command escape on Hayes-compatible modems, and with a carefully timed data stream I could take control of the modem and dial out.
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