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Re: RSX-11M questions.

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From: CP/M lives!
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 16:19
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In article <5_2mwbn.n1gak@netcom.com>, n1gak@netcom.com (Scott Statton) writes:
> What do I do next?  I've got a virgin RSX pack from DEC, that I will
> attempt to boot off of next (I have to run home to do this) and do
> a little password guessing.

If you hit ^C while it is booting, it will give you an MCR prompt and you
can issue a command. If the OS is old enough to not have an encrypted
password file, you can type it out. I don't remember the password file
name, though.

Had to do this once on an 11/60 I picked up. They had forgotten to give
me any passwords. Of course, they had also hacked up the HELP file so that,
for example, if you said HELP INI it said "If you don't know what INI does,
you shouldn't be using it." Sigh.

Roger Ivie
ivie@cc.usu.edu
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From: ivie@cc.usu.edu (CP/M lives!)
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Subject: Re: RSX-11M questions.
Message-ID: <1992Aug10.101935.58009@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 10 Aug 92 10:19:35 MDT
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