There is also another kind of publicly accessible terminal, one easily found in the computer rooms of any college. These are different from the infor-mationdispensing ones found in libraries in that these are meant to be used solely by authorized us-ers - people with accounts and passwords on the system.
You should try the different function and con-trol keys on these terminals, too. This isn't likely to get you anywhere, but often you can use various control codes to access parameter menus or change screen colors.
Press ? or type HELP and see what commands are available to you. Most colleges run an infor-mation system, possibly connected with the library system, which gives you information on such things as student activities, phone numbers, office hours, campus news, and might also allow you to connect with other college information systems around the country, or possibly federal or state sys-tems. It should be a trivial matter to find out if a public information system is present on the system you're using, and if so, how to access it. If you don't know, call up the computing department and ask. (Remember to ask for the dial-in phone numbers, too!) Generally you will be able to use telnet or other networking protocols to connect with computers all over the campus, country, and possibly, the world. However to do so will more than likely require you to login as a registered user first. This section deals with some techniques hackers have used to un-cover passwords and lDs through the use of public access terminals at colleges.
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