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- Apex v1.00
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- Hello, Apex is a hoax program. Basically it allows you to make a fake
- call to various governmental computer systems. It can really bring some
- great laughs if you are running it with other people in the room, and
- when they look over to see what you are up to, they see you preparing
- to initiate a missile launch!!!
- To get started, when you enter the program, there are 3 commands you
- need. EXIT takes you back to DOS, DIAL allows you to call a system, and
- Settings allows you to change the baud rate. These are all available
- through the function keys and they are displayed at the bottom of the
- screen.
- There are 4 systems you can call. The pentagon can be interesting,
- just wait and see! When you call NASA, no matter what you type you will
- be logged off!! HERGOS is almost always busy, if you do get through it'll
- hang up on you after dumping tons of line noise on you. NORAD is the fun
- part. The NORAD segment of the program is based upon a program written
- in BASIC by Bob Morris. He got the basic idea from elsewhere. He noted
- that the code barely resembled the original from which he worked. I must
- say the same. I borrowed his output strings, but nothing else.
- When calling NORAD, you will be prompted for access codes. It is
- suggested that you use words like 'minuteman', 'patriot', 'subpack',
- 'polaris', 'cruise', and other believable things so on-lookers will truly
- be fooled. Also make sure the system clock and calender are set properly
- so that the thing appears realistic at the times that it displays them.
- If you type 'LANGLEY' at one point (it'll say "THIS IS LANGLEY" or
- something like that) it'll let you into the inner sanctum. Eventually,
- if you don't get caught, you will reach the president's section for missile
- control! If you type 'DESTROY' here, you will start the missile launch
- sequence! But alas, no matter what you do, you will be kicked out. The
- launch sequence requires a final verification code, and no matter what
- you type, it's WRONG.
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- APEX v1.00 Ed T. Toton III 10/8/91
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