Word: hacker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sometimes being the first in your dorm to own a computer isn't such a neat idea. Take it from the Happy Hacker whose dinosaur Radio Shack TRS-80 (circa. 1980) keeps getting offers from museum curators and plastic scrap dealers...
...Happy Hacker, I'm still trying to get a plastic dealer to take my prehistoric dataprocessor out of my dorm room. It'll be a while before I purchase a Mac, let alone get it upgraded...
...only prerequisite for sending messages to friends at other colleges is knowing their computer address. For example, my friend at Yale, George Hacker's address is YALEVMX\!HACGEOA. To send him a note, all you would need to do is log onto my low-pri account and type MAIL YALEVMX\!HACGEOA return. You simply type the message, and when you get to the end type ctrl D. The message will then be sent...
Even if you haven't established yourself as a low-priority computer user, you can still use one of the newest (and as yet untested by the Happy Hacker) features of the class 5 computer--the Student Employment Office computerized job board...
...Happy Hacker? I've been sending form letters to all my friends at different colleges. With the advanced features of the MAIL command, sending the same letter to hundreds of people across the country is easy. By the way, to send mail to the Happy Hacker, type MAIL RGN@WJH12 return...