hacking trw trw information services is america's largest credit reporting institute, containing the credit histories of over 90 million americans on-line(humm..)! when you call trw, the dial up will identify itself with the message "trw". it will then wait for you to type the appropoate answer back(such as ctrl-g) once this has been done, the system will say "circuit building in progress" allong with a few numbers. after this it clears the screen(ctrl-l) followed by a ctrl-q. after the system sends the ctrl-q, it is ready for the request. you first type the 4 character identifyer for the geographical area of the account. for ex) tca1 - for certain calf. & vicinity sub scribers tca2 - a second calf. trw system tnj1 - their nj database tga1 - their georga database. the user then types a and then on the next line, he must type his 3 char. option. most requests use the rts option. opx, rtx, and a few others exist. (note: trw will accept an a, c, or s as the 'x' in the options above.) then finally, the user types his 7 digit subscriber code. he appends his 3-4 character password after it. it seens that if you mannage to get hold of a trw printout (trashing at sears, saks, etc. or from getting your credit printout from them) thier subscriber code will be on it, leaving only a 3-4 character p/w up to you. for ex) (call the dialup) trw (system types, st from now on) ctrl-g (yot type, yt from now on) circuit buildinf in progress 1234 (st) ctrl-l crtl-q (st) tca1 (yt) rts 3000000aaa (yt) note, this system is in half duplex, even parity, 7 bits per word, and 2 stop bits note, if you are interested in this system, leave me mail. the above info was only a few lines out of the july 1984 issue of 2600 hope this helped, mark hamill this file was brought to you by: the fourth protocol 516-581-1260 the stronghold of the north east -------------------------------------------------------------------------- this file passed through the dead zone. it is a phun place, and you really should call it. 300/1200/2400, 24 hours, 7 days. a ring-back system: call once, let ring 1-2 times, hang up. call back 20-45 seconds later and the system will answer. there is no way to connect on the first call, so don't let it ring a bunch of times or you'll get an answering machine. if you don't understand these instructions then don't bother calling! ---------------------------------------------------------------------