I'm stupider than you!! RSTS/E question

From: Mark Firestone <pdp11_70_at_retrobbs.org>
Date: Wed Jul 7 04:34:52 2004

Ok, I've done something stupid. Really stupid.

I'm almost afraid to post this, because you all will think I am stupid.

I lost the 1,x password to my RSTS/E 9 system. I picked a strong password,
wrote it on a piece of paper, and put it on my desk. I strongly suspect
that it became part of a drawing one of my children did, you know, this is
me, this is you, this is the house, and the chimney, that's your password.

Anyway, my PDP is a just-pretend simh type PDP (because it would be divorce
court if I installed a real one in my house...) and I have it all set up the
way I like it, with custom scripts and Dungeon and Adventure, so that people
can play these games on the internet via a bbs front end. Each user gets
their own account... so they can save their games...

... it took a while to make this work. I'd rather not have to set it up
again. Is there any way to hack into my own box to recover my own password,
or is it time to mount the install "tapes" and start all over again?

Damn!

Mark

"But Schindler is bueno! Senior Burns is El Diablo!"

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