The Hacker's Encyclopedia 1998/hackers_encyclopedia.iso/pc/softdox/bureauc.txt

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    BUREAUCRACY
    Part 1
   BUREAUCRACY is an Infocom Interactive Fiction Plus by
 Douglas Adams and the staff of Infocom. It's a zany game
 filled difficult puzzles. Merlin and I played the game
 together, and without his help and encouragement, I'd still
 be stuck at 5 (or maybe 6) points. Special thanks to Merlin
 for making this walkthru possible! As with most Infocom
 games, there may be alternate solutions. This walkthru
 offers one possible solution.
   You have left your previous job to accept employment with
 Happitec and you have moved to a new address. Happitec is
 sending you on a vacation to Paris. All you have to do is
 wait for the money order which Happitec is sending to you,
 pick up your plane ticket, and board the plane. So you
 think!  It seems the removals company has misplaced all your
 belongings. The Change of Address card which you were to
 file somehow got sent to your old address. The new owner of
 your old home sent your mail to your old bank. Check out
 your wallet and you'll find that you have no money, an
 expired US Excess card and a Beezer card. Your new home
 contains a few meager possession, i.e., your Boysenberry
 computer, a telephone/answering machine and a few
 miscellaneous items. Take everything you can for you'll need
 everything you can find to solve this game. Listen to the
 messages on the telephone/answering machine. Consult your
 Address Book and call all the numbers listed. You'll learn a
 lot by doing this.
   The doorbell rings. Chowmail Overnite is delivering a large
 bag of Llamex(R) brand High-Fibre Llama Treats. You didn't
 order it, the address is wrong; but, you'll never be able to
 explain anything to the delivery man, so just give him your
 Beezer card. You are now the proud owner of a bag of llama
 treats!
   There's nothing else to do in the house for now, so explore
 your new neighborhood starting with your mailbox. The mail
 found in each location seems to be random. For example, in
 one game you might find a leaflet in the mailbox and in
 another game find a flyer in the mailbox. That isn't
 important. The postage is important so try to remember what
 type of postage was used and the order in which you find it.
 The mail you find in your mailbox has a postage stamp on it.
    Go to the bookstore. You'll notice it's actually a software
 store. Talk to the clerk. Ask him about software. He'll
 offer you a *special* cart which he keeps under the counter.
 SHOW the game cartridge to the clerk.  He'll take it and
 give you a Recipe Cart. I found that I got a point for
 this, but did not get a point if I said TRADE cartridges.
   YOUR SCORE IS NOW 1 OF A POSSIBLE 21 POINTS.
   Go to the Travel Agency. Give the letter to the Agent and
 get your round-trip ticket to Paris.
   YOUR SCORE IS NOW 2 OF A POSSIBLE 21 POINTS.
   Go to the bank and try to file a Change-of-Address form.
 Lots of luck!  The bank has already sent you a
 Change-of-Address form and one is all you are allowed. Too
 bad it was sent to your old address.
   Go to the old tenement building. There are stairs leading
 up and a door in the south wall. Nothing can be done about
 the blank wall at the top of the stairs, so forget it. Knock
 on the south door. A voice will answer and the door will
 open. Enter the flat which is occupied by a mousy little
 man.  Seems he collects stamps. You will see some mail in
 the floor but the man won't let you pick it up. Show the
 stamped envelope to the man. He'll grab  it and run out of
 the flat. Pick up the mail. Notice the Postal Service
 sticker.
   YOUR SCORE IS NOW 3 OF A POSSIBLE 21 POINTS.
   By this time you will probably be getting hungry, so go to
 the Restaurant.  The waitress will take your order then
 return to tell you that your order was  lost due to a
 computer crash. Of course, it's her break time, so someone
 else  will take your order. You must go through the long
 ordering process all over  again. Wait for your order and
 eat whatever you get.
   YOUR SCORE IS NOW 4 OF A POSSIBLE 21 POINTS.
   You have no money to pay the bill, so sneak out the back
 door of the restaurant into the alley. From the alley you
 can squeeze through a gap in the fence to arrive at Behind
 Mansion. Enter the back door of the mansion.  Here you'll
 find a macaw sitting on a perch. You can see some mail under

 the perch but the macaw will not allow you to take it. Go into the Trophy Room. It's a good idea to save the game
 first bcause the old woman shoots.  Make a fast exit. Go to
 the front door of the mansion and ring the bell, then beat
 feet to the back door. Return to the Trophy Room, grab the
 painting of Ronald W. Reagan and exit. Show the painting to
 the macaw then take the mail from under the perch. Notice
 the Postal Service sticker.
   YOUR SCORE IS NOW 5 OF A POSSIBLE 21.

    Part 2
   Go to the llama farm. Open the bag of llama treats. Push
 the bag through the  mailbox so that it falls into the
 trough. While the llama is eating the  treats, take the mail
 from the trough. Notice the Postal Service sticker.
   YOUR SCORE IS NOW 6 OF A POSSIBLE 21.
   Try to enter the farmhouse. The door won't budge. You must
 go away and  return later. Go south to the gate. There's an
 intercom at the gate. It will  crackle to life and a voice
 will say, "Unfortunately, there's a radio  connected to my
 brain." Could this be a password? Go back to the farmhouse.
 A  heavily armed man resembling Woody Allen will appear in
 the doorway. He is  rather dazed -- not sure where he is or
 who you are. Say: "Unfortunately,  there's a radio connected
 to my brain." He will respond with: "Actually, it's  the BBC
 controlling us from London." You can try more conversation
 or merely  wait for him to leave. Return to the gate.
   Again, the voice over the intercom will say,
 "Unfortunately, there's a radio  connected to my brain." You
 must say, "Actually, it's the BBC controlling us  from
 London." The gate will open. Enter the Foyer.
   You'll meet the paranoid owner of the house and discover
 the armed man is here also. The paranoid householder
 suspects you are an imposter so he will  ask you a series of
 questions. To answer correctly, you must refer to the
 "Popular Paranoia" magazine which is included in your game
 package. One wrong  answer and you're dead. Answer them all
 correctly and you'll find yourself in  a gaol cell in the
 basement of the paranoid's house.
   Examine the gaol door. Try cutting the molybdenum bars with
 the hacksaw. The  armed man will give you the Swiss army
 knife. Examination of the knife will  reveal a button marked
 POWER SAW and a lever marked GENERATOR. Push the  button
 then pull the lever. Examine both the saw and the generator.
 Take the  power saw and plug it into the generator. Get on
 the gnerator (it resembles a  bicycle) and start pedaling.
 Oops! You can't reach the bars while sitting on  the
 generator, so give the power saw to the armed man. He'll cut
 the door  open for you. It's best to stall around in the
 Basement allowing the armed  man to go up the stairs before
 you. The paranoid man and the armed man will  depart. You'll
 see some mail in the foyer. Don't be surprised if you can't
 pick up the money order which you want so badly. Take the
 envelope.
   YOUR SCORE IS NOW 7 OF A POSSIBLE 21.
   The envelope contains a memo and a cheque. The check is
 drawn on the  Fillmore Fiduciary Trust in the amount of
 -$75.00. Yes, that's a minus sign.  Go to the bank. Get a
 withdrawal slip. Fill it out then take it to the  Deposit
 window. Give the cheque and the withdrawal slip to the
 teller. You  are depositing -$75.00 using a withdrawal slip
 which is the negative of a  deposit slip, negative -$75 is
 $75. Makes perfect sense. Then go back to the  withdrawal
 window. Fill out another withdrawal slip and withdraw
 $75.00.
   YOUR SCORE IS NOW 8 OF A POSSIBLE 21.
   Now that you have money, you might want to return to the
 restaurant to pay your bill.
   You are ready to go to the Airport. Call Getlost Airport
 Cab (number listed in your Address Book). Wait for the taxi.
    Oh, the Airport is a fun place! Since you have an Omnia
 Gallia ticket, you  should go directly to the Omnia Gallia
 desk. Alas, Omnia Gallia has been  sold. For further
 information you must go to the Air Galagasa desk. How do
 you find it? Well, the way that worked for me was going back
 to the airport  entrance, then going through Lost and Found.
 Air Zalagasa seems to be north  of the Lost and Found. It
 doesn't matter how early or late you arrive at the  Air
 Zalagasa desk. A fat man will always be in line ahead of you
 and he'll  cause you to miss the plane. Not to worry. When
 your turn finally comes, give  the Omnia Gallia ticket to
 the clerk in exchange for an Air Zalagasa ticket.
   YOUR SCORE IS NOW 9 OF A POSSIBLE 21.
   Once you have the Air Zalagasa ticket in your hot little
 hand, go south one  move and climb the pillar. Open the
 grate and climb up the duct. You'll  eventually reach the
 Control Tower. A console radio will crackle, "Air  Zalagasa
 flight 42 requests permission to take off." Say:
 "Controller, permission denied." Go back to the top of the
 pillar and examine the speaker.  Pull red wire then pull
 black wire. Connect red wire to black wire. You have  short
 circuited all the speakers in the terminal. The applaluse of
 the crowd  is deafening!
   YOUR SCORE IS NOW 11 OF A POSSIBLE 21.
    Part 3
   Before you know what's happening, you'll find yourself on
 the plane in seat 3B. Shortly thereafter, the attendant will
 bring you a bowl of llama stew. Eat the stew and you die.
 Refuse to eat it and you die. How can you get rid of the
 stew? The only way I could get rid of it was to cause the
 seat ahead of me to recline, thus spilling the stew. By
 wearing the headphones, changing seats, and pushing buttons,
 you'll learn that the whole system is mixed up. The light
 button reclines the seats but you'll have to experiment to
 determine which light button controls which seat.  (Thanks
 again to Merlin for his help!)
   Here's one way to do it: Before the attendant brings the
 stew, move to Seat  3C. Wait a few turns. The attendant will
 bring the stew. Leave it on your  fold-out table and move to
 Seat 8D. Push the light button which actually  reclines the
 seat ahead of Seat 3C. That seat will recline, thus spilling
 the  stew.
   After the stew is spilled, return to Seat 3C. You'll see a
 small piece of laminated card. Examine this and take note of
 the words "STINGLAI KA'ABI." There will be a telephone call
 for you, so go to the phone. Most likely, it will be the
 waitress asking about the tip you left her. The line will be
 disconnected and you'll overhear another conversation. About
 this time the flight attendant will ask you to return to
 your seat; however, she will linger, giving you a chance to
 talk to her. Say: Attendant, STINGLAI KA'ABI. You'll receive
 a parachute. Go to the rear of the plane, open hatch,  and
 jump out.
   YOUR SCORE IS NOW 12 OF A POSSIBLE 21.
   My Gawd! One strap of your parachute is caught in the
 plane's hatch. This  can be deadly. Chances are you'll soon
 be falling without a parachute! Knock  on the hatch. The
 attendant will open it, freeing your parachute strap.
 Falling! Don't forget to pull the rip cord.
   Hanging from a tree! Yep, you landed in a tree. Get out of
 the parachute. Splash!
   You are now in a cooking pot. Okay, the natives are hungry,
 so give them a good recipe. Boot up your Boysenberry and
 insert the Recipe Cart. The natives will give you an
 unlabelled cartridge and return your lost address book.
 Don't ask me how they got it.
   YOUR SCORE IS NOW 14 OF A POSSIBLE 21.
   You are now in the Antechamber. Not clear how you got here.
 You'll see  a closed locker door in the west wall and an
 exit to the east. Examine the locker door and read the sign.
 The left handle is pointing up. The middle handle is
 pointing down. The right handle is pointing up. It's a key
 of sorts. A general knowledge of binary helps. Okay, here's
 a solution:
   (1) Turn left handle and middle handle. You hear a click
 inside the door.
   (2) Turn left handle and right handle. You hear a click
 inside the door.
   (3) Turn left handle and middle handle. You hear a sharp
 click, as if something inside the door had moved. Open door.
    YOUR SCORE IS NOW 15 OF A POSSIBLE 21.

    Part 4
   Enter the locker and take the magnetic key-card. Then go
 east.
   You're in the Switchgear Rooms; it's a maze! Time to use
 your Boysenberry computer, so insert the unlabelled
 cartridge. Remember, earlier in this walkthru I advised you
 to notice the Postal Service stickers and the order in which
 you found them. Hope you paid attention, because you need
 that info now. I found the Postal stickers in this order: C,
 D, E and B.  The computer program (unlabelled cartridge)
 gives you a list of commands: CLEAR, NOOZ, PRINTB, PRINTC,
 PRINTD, PRINTE. You must select the PRINT commands in the
 same order that you found the postal stickers. I used
 PRINTC, PRINTD, PRINTE, and PRINTB because that's the order
 in which I found the postal stickers. When you have done
 this, you should have a complete message on the screen.
 Can't read it? Oh, I forget to tell you: read  from top to
 bottom one letter at a time. Using these instructions you
 should  be able to find your way through the maze to the
 Airlock.
   In the Airlock, put the key-card in the card reader slot.
 You'll hear a bolt snapping back. Open the door. It will
 take several tries. Enter the Persecution Complex!
   YOUR SCORE IS NOW 17 OF A POSSIBLE 21.
   The Persecution Complex is a long hall running west. There
 are TV screens on each side of the hall. Go west looking at
 the screens on either side as you go. At the end of the hall
 you'll find a modular plug. Plug in your computer. You'll be
 asked for ID and password. What? Okay, take a look at your
 Address Book. Notice anything different? Right! The first
 address has been changed. That's the clue you need. Type in
 RANDOM-Q-HACKER  for ID and RAINBOW-TURTLE for password.
 Connection will be made. Use command  DIR for a listing of
 programs, WHO for a listing of users, and TYP for some
 *interesting* tidbits. You'll learn that two hackers have
 accessed the  system. You are one; the nerd is the other.
   You'll also be be advised when the Nerd is about to access
 another file.  The TYP command will enable you to learn of a
 certain file which should NOT be used with a friendly
 computer. Hmmm, what if you changed the name of that file?
 So, change the name of DVH2.HAK to whatever file the Nerd is
 preparing to access. Example: Nerd is about to access
 FIDUC.HAK.
   Change name of DVH2.HAK to FICUC.HAK. It might be necessary
 to first change the name of FIDUC.HAK to something else, but
 you'll have plenty of time to do that. By doing this, you
 will cause the Nerd to access a file which will destroy his
 own mainframe. Revenge is sweet! Once you have done this, an
 opening to the west will appear. It is *IMPORTANT* to run
 the PLANE.EXE program at some time before you reap your
 revenge. This will cause a plane to be sent to get you.
   YOUR SCORE IS NOW 20 OF A POSSIBLE 21.
   Wait patiently at the Landing Strip. The plane you summoned
 while using the  PLANE.EXE program will eventually arrive.
 You'll be taken on a nice plane  trip and a predictable taxi
 ride, arriving at the Hallway of the Tenement.  From there,
 go to your home. You'll find a new letter from Fiduciary
 apologizing for the problems you've had. Enclosed in the
 letter you'll find a  ticket to Paris, your checkbook and a
 new Beezer card. Congratulations...
   YOUR SCORE IS NOW 21 OF A POSSIBLE 21.
   BUREAUCRACY is published by Infocom, Inc. and distributed
 by Activision.
   This walkthru is copyright (c) 1987 by Judith Terry
 Clayton. All rights  reserved.