[Simh] GDT

[Mark Abene]

On a version Jason Stevens has, it actually prompts for "name,cat,and
serial number", to which the answer is SUPNIK,BARNEY,70524.  So BARNEY
was a cat, and I'm still guessing 70524 may have been taken from the zip
code.  There are so many variations on getting into GDT, I totally
didn't remember this challenge.

In my 1978 version of Dungeon in RSTS/E, the "SUPNIK,BARNEY,70524"
string is compiled in, visible in a dump (I don't have the FORTRAN
source to this one), but in fact the only thing required to enter GDT is
to simply type "MXW".  That's it, no challenge/response.  The prompt
even becomes "MXW>", even though it's really GDT, commands and all.

-Mark


tiggerlasv at aim.com wrote:
>> OK, while we're on the subject of Dungeon, I'd like to bring up an old
>> mystery...
>> Why is the key to the GDT password transformation 
> "SUPNIK,BARNEY,70524"?
>> Is/was there a "Barney Supnik" in Louisiana?  Or maybe "SUPNIK" and
>> "BARNEY" are two surnames?  Inquiring minds want to know...
> 
> 
> Our version (which I have yet to stumble across out in the wild) had 
> this -
> 
> 
> GDT
> 
> A booming voice calls out:  "To prove your worthiness, you must answer 
> the following challenge."
> 
> FBQSYX
> 
> Response>
> 
> If you didn't get it right, it would come back and say something like 
> "Wrong, cretin !"
> and some other stuff, then finish with. . . .  "you notice that you've 
> turned to a pile of dust" . . .
> . . .  or something similar.
> 
> To get the translation, you would run over to another terminal,
> run Dungeon, and type in   INCANT, FBQSYX
> 
> . . . and it would come back with "A booming voice calls out". . .
> . . .  and it would give you the proper response. . .   so you'd run 
> back over
> to your other terminal, and type in the response. . .    ;-)
> 
> 
> Ah, the good ol' days.   ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> T
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