7 Jul
2004
7 Jul
'04
3:21 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Firestone" <pdp11_70(a)retrobbs.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: I'm stupider than you!! RSTS/E question
Hey! I was a 1978 evil teenage DEC hacker. (except I
was 12 at the
time...)
This is like my father and his damn toy trains that he couldn't afford as
a
kid (and plays with now at age 74)... I think when i
was 12 an 11/70 must
have been $20,000
I actually think it was much higher than $20k. In 1975, our 11/40 with two
RK05s, RSTS/E, a couple VT50s, and an LA36 or two cost over $50k,
and that was with a discount from DEC. The list price for that system as
described above was $68,000.
I am working on recreating a reasonable facsimile of the system described
above. I'm constructing a PDP-11 computer center room (heated/cooled)
in my shop to house this thing. I have the system up and running on an
11/34
and plan to move it to an 11/40 in a couple 6' racks in the next couple
months.
Anyhow, thanks to all of you. I've got full
access to my system back (and
I
created a nice extra account for me, incase I forget
this one...)
Take Care,
Mark
Thanks for all your help guys!
"But Schindler is bueno! Senior Burns is El Diablo!"
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ashley Carder" <wacarder(a)usit.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: I'm stupider than you!! RSTS/E question
Hmm, compared to my answer, this sounds like the
good
DEC guy answer vs. the evil 1978 teenage hacker answer.
Back then they didn't call us hackers. I have a 1977 or 78
article that refers to us as "computerniks". Perhaps I'll scan
the article and post it where folks can read it. It's pretty
interesting and starts off something like "Beware -
Computerniks at Work!".
Ashley
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Koning" <pkoning(a)equallogic.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: I'm stupider than you!! RSTS/E question
>>>> "Mark" == Mark Firestone <pdp11_70(a)retrobbs.org> writes:
Mark> Ok, I've done something stupid. Really stupid. I'm almost
Mark> afraid to post this, because you all will think I am stupid.
Mark> I lost the 1,x password to my RSTS/E 9 system. I picked a
Mark> strong password, ...
Mark> ... it took a while to make this work. I'd rather not have to
Mark> set it up again. Is there any way to hack into my own box to
Mark> recover my own password, or is it time to mount the install
Mark> "tapes" and start all over again?
Boot the system, say "yes" to "start timesharing", say "no"
to
"proceed with system startup" and you'll find yourself at a DCL
prompt. Reset the password, say "(a)[0,1]sysini.com start" and you're
in business.
paul