6 Mar
2005
6 Mar
'05
3:55 p.m.
> about Randy Cook's easter egg in TRS-DOS,
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, Tony Duell wrote:
I can confirm that one exists, I've seen it
myself.
I thought it was type BOOT/SYS.WHO, hold down 2 4 and 6 and press enter.
WHO, in that case, is a password. Since TRS-DOS hashed the passwords, any
password that produces one of the correct hashes will do. IIRC, 9642
is the hash for system master password, and anything that will
hash to that, such as NV36 will work on any file.
IIRC, I was able to use a combination of two letter keys. There are
probably many that would work.
On TRS-DOS 2.3, the result is a Radio Shack copyright
screen. I am told
ALMOST. It is actually a "TANDY CORP" copyright screen. RS wanted to
make as few changes from "RANDY COOK" as they could.
code, even though they claimed they weren't (and
weren't paying him
royalties).
When RS cut a deal to distribute LDOS, Randy finally started getting his
royalties.
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