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Preface And Disclaimer 1 Jan 2007 | 08:21 am
OK, I should start by saying that, contrary to the title, I Am Not A Hacker. Well, just this one time, long, long, ago, on a computer that doesn't even exist any more. And when it did exist, it had ab...
Background - The Computer, and the Players 31 Dec 2006 | 08:50 am
The Computer was an IBM 1800, a normally used process controller for laboratories and such, for control of laboratory equipment. It was then being used as a terminal server, controlling maybe a dozen ...
Day 1 - The Beginning Of The Exploit 30 Dec 2006 | 08:25 am
Keith, Tom, and I were sitting in the Computer Center after hours doing whatever Student Assistants did, and trying to think of other things to do. The Computer Center was then in the basement of one ...
Day 2 - The Exploit, Such As It Was 29 Dec 2006 | 09:56 am
OK, we (Keith, Tom, and I) had ourselves a hack. What did we have? Well, in those years, and running on the IBM 1800, was a scripting language called NUTran (for Nebraska University Translator). Nutr...
Day 3 - My Version Of The Hack 28 Dec 2006 | 11:16 am
As I said previously, I was the Junior member of the trio, so Keith, Tom, and I didn't really spend all of our spare time together. Nor did we spend all of our time in the Computer Center. And on many...
Day 4 - Caught: Not My Secret Anymore 27 Dec 2006 | 12:10 pm
So how did Keith and Tom find out about My Hack? I have no idea. All I remember one evening when they were in the Computer Room, then left to go watch TV for a bit, and of course, didn't invite me. S...
The Campus - Relocating The Computer 26 Dec 2006 | 12:37 pm
It wasn't a large campus - maybe half a dozen blocks wide and long - and a fair amount of green space. If I recall correctly, maybe 3 or 4 classroom buildings with a dozen or so teletypes. Wiring betw...
The New Computer Center 25 Dec 2006 | 10:13 am
As I said previously, this was one of the early years of computing. In those days, any organisation that had a computer wouldn't hide it in a windowless basement room. Not windowless anyway. Some tim...
Day 5 - We Involve Non Computer Students 24 Dec 2006 | 01:47 pm
By the time I became a Junior, there were other, newer, students to invite into our little group of nerds. The college was all men thru my Sophomore year; during my Junior year, they started admitting...
Day 6 - My Hack Becomes Practical 23 Dec 2006 | 02:33 pm
You haven't forgotten where this started, have you? My Password File hack was not the only exploit which I (encouraged by others) had going. But it was the most useful, and thanks to Art, became celeb...
