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- Creative Software Applications
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- The Hacker Simulator
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- By Adam Barker
- Jan/Feb 1991
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- The Hacker Simulator is a simple to use simulation of hacking money
- and using the share markets to make money.
- Please read the instructions, and if you have a printer, it's a must
- to print it out for later reference.
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- Click the left mouse button on the title screen and press any key
- after reading the first few credits.
- You will be asked to type the password. Use 'system' to logon.
- You are welcome to the main system computer. Here you are prompted
- with the word Command ?
- To use the system, there are four simple commands. However, deep
- concentration is needed to outsmart the clients.
- The basic idea of the simulator is hack money from 15 people's
- accounts. They have a record of their name,address age and current
- account figures.
- To display this list, type list.
- The screen also shows your total amount (that you've hacked away), the
- average amount per client and the total amount of all clients.
- As you can see, each client has £50000 to start. Every 'pass', the
- clients have another transaction with the bank, and the figures change
- according to what they put in or take out.
- Type 'pass' to get the system going.
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- By typing pass, a number of statistical pages are shown:
- 1. Previous transactions. These are the amounts that each client
- either put in or took out in the last transaction.
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- 2. The next page shows the pass number you're on. It also shows the
- total amount of money you can possibly hack in this pass.
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- 3. Market Reports (See Shares)
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- By typing 'list' after each pass, you can see the changes to the list
- of clients amount etc.
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- Now, (after typing 'list') the current account figures are all
- different. Some are less than 50000, and some are more. This is
- because that client has either taken an amount, or put in an amount.
- This amount is the money you hack out.
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- Client has £50,000
- A pass is carried out.
- They put in £4,500
- The list shows the client has £54,500
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- In order to get that amount (£4,500 in the example), you use a command
- called 'ded' or deduct.
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- This ask's for the client number. Type that in and the informations is
- shown according to which client it is.
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- Then an amount is asked. Type in the amount (i.e £4,500) but make it
- one pound less (£4,499). IF YOU TYPE THE SAME AMOUNT, OR OVER THE
- AMOUNT, YOU WILL BE CAUGHT AND FINED £15,000
- The computer reports whether you are successful or not, and shows you
- total.
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- Do this procedure to hack money out of as many clients as possible.
- Type 'pass' and more transactions will take place.
- This time, a transaction has taken place, but is harder to notice.
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- e.g:
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- Client has £50,000
- Pass 1
- You hack £4,500
- They're left with £45,500
- Pass 2
- You hack their transaction (which was £3,000)
- They're left with £42,000
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- Repeat this process.. and your total will build up, providing you
- don't get caught.
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- Shares
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- You can invest your money in the share market providing you have a
- substantial amount to work with.
- To access the markets, use 'shares' at the command prompt.
- A list of available companies appear, with their shares current price
- and how many shares you have in their company.
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- You are asked whether you want to buy or sell any shares, or exit to
- the Command ? prompt.
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- To buy or sell, use B and return.
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- Next, select your required company. Obviously, more shares come from
- cheap ones and less shares from expensive ones.
- On the next screen, a display shows the name of the company, the
- number, the price of 1 share, and the amount of shares you have in the
- company.
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- It also shows the limit of shares you can buy with your total. If you
- have any shares in there already, it shows how much you will gain by
- selling them all.
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- Tell the computer whether you're buying or selling. In each case, type
- in the amount of shares involved. If you're buying more than you can
- afford, a message saying 'Insufficient funds' will be displayed.
- Always use 0 to exit either buying or selling amounts.
- If you sell more than you have, a message saying 'Shares don't exist'
- will be shown.
- If you buy the right amount of shares, or sell the right amounts, your
- dealings will be O.K and you will return to the start of the share
- prompts.
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- Market Reports
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- On a pass, the market share prices either go up or down. They is
- however, some changes that are made and can affect your shares:
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- 1. Market Crash. Everything is lost, money and shares.
- 2. Company Crash. The shares equivalent is deducted from your total,
- if you have shares in the company that is shown.
- 3. Tax on Market (40%) 40% of your shares are deducted from your
- total.
- 4. Tax on Market (100%) 100% of your share values are deducted from
- total.
- 5. Tax on Market (50%) Half your share values deducted from your
- total.
- 6. Bonus Market (50%) Half your share values added to your total
- 7. Bonus Market (100%) Your share values are added to your total.
- 8. Company Profits(50%) You gain 50% of the companies profits.
- 9. Company Profits(100%) You gain 100% of the companies profits
- 10. Company Tax (30%) 30% of a certain companies tax is deducted from
- your total.
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- At the end of the six passes, you are faced with a large string. Somewhere
- in there, is a word in small letters, with the first letter in capitals.
- You have twenty seconds to find the word, and you have to type it in.
- If you get it right- you've completed it!!
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