Old school hacking...

Eigen · Sat 10/04/2004 12:34:41

In my game, I'd like to use a monitor close up and see the character, in the 80's, hacking into some server or something and trying to download some files.

I know that everything was text based, so if anyone knows how the hacking looked like (the commands and stuff), could tell me.

-Eigen

Moox · Sat 10/04/2004 15:12:51

It was all done in tellnet through dos
if your running windows hit run and type in tellnet
Its still around in windows but it was done in dos back then.

type help and it will show u the commands

AGA · Sun 11/04/2004 15:32:26

It's telnet, not tellnet (not to be rude in correcting you, but tellnt won't have any effect

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Moox · Sun 11/04/2004 15:43:53

Oops Sorry

jannar85 · Sun 11/04/2004 19:16:52

Dos??! Wtf.. Wasn't it done on *inux Computers?

Inkoddi · Sun 11/04/2004 19:18:27

UNIX rather

LGM · Sun 11/04/2004 21:44:04

Unix was TEH hacking OS in the 80's.. But now we got these damn hax0r-kiddies that use their parent's Wind0wz machines cause they don't know anybetter.

I think it'd be safe just to have a big black screen with green text ala Matrix

Las Naranjas · Mon 12/04/2004 02:12:50

You could have an Amber display to have an accurate look without looking too much like other films and the like.

I like Amber displays more anyway.

Peter Thomas · Mon 12/04/2004 02:25:37

http://www.accessorl.net/~cyberwar/codehacks.html#common

By scrolling down from there about two inches you can get an example of what a hacking code MIGHT look like.

Basically just type a lot of crap, and people shall praise you.

EDIT:

Give it a second or two to load completely. And don't have your speakers up too loud, because it has some blooming annoying background music at the start....

LGM · Mon 12/04/2004 03:50:06

omg Las.. I totally forgot about amber screens..

Yes, do those.. Much 1337er