Part 11 (1/2)

George entered a ”Y”

PassWORD:

George entered AGORA The letters did not echo to the screen

He hoped he had typed then correctly Apparently he did, for the screen then prompted him for his RESPONSE

He copied the 8 characters from the PRG into the computer There was a pause and then the screen filled

SIR GEORGE,

WELCOME TO ALEX IT IS SO GOOD TO SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS YOU WILL BE GIVEN NAMES AND NUMBERS TO CALL THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS TO BE MADE TO EACH PERSON YOU CALL THERE IS TO BE NO DEVIATION WHAT- SOEVER I REPEAT, NO DEVIATION WHATSOEVER IF THERE IS, YOUR SERVICES WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED WE HOPE THAT WILL NOT BE NECESSARY

EACH MORNING YOU ARE TO DIAL ALEX AND REQUEST THE FILE CALLED SGDAT DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ACCESS OR DOWNLOAD ANY OTHER FILES, OR YOU WILL BE TERMINATED AT ONCE

FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN EACH FILE, EXACTLY KEEP AN EXACT LOG OF THE EVENTS AS THEY TRANSPIRE ON EACH CALL

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George pushed the space bar The screen was again filled

ALEX REQUIRES PRECISE INFORMATION WHATEVER YOU ARE TOLD BY THE PEOPLE YOU CALL MUST BE RELAYED , TO THE LETTER

AT THE END OF EACH DAY, YOU ARE TO UPLOAD YOUR FILE, CALLED SGTOD YOUR COMPUTER WILL AUTOMATICALLY PUT A DATE AND TIME STAMP ON IT

THEN, USING NORTON UTILITY, ERASE THE SGDAT FILE FROM THAT DAY

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO REACH ANYONE ON THE LISTS, JUST INDICATE THAT IN YOUR DAILY REPORTS DO NOT, REPEAT, DO NOT TRY TO CALL THE SAME PERSON THE NEXT DAY IS THAT CLEAR?

The screen aiting a response George typed in ”Y”

GOOD THIS IS QUITE SIMPLE, IS IT NOT?

Y

DO YOU THINK YOU CAN HANDLE THE JOB?

Y

WHAT KIND OF PRINTER DO YOU HAVE?

None

ARE YOU SURE?

Y