THE HARDHACKER CHRONICLES BLASTDOS.COM by Tom Veile c 1992 Th da afte th CCP/ meeting m hea wa stil abuz wit concept o mult use Altai CP/ computer runnin th Uni operatin syste of o 7 Me har drives decide t se m goo friend Rober War Hardhacker Know t al fa an wid a th "hac harde guy" Bo wa sur t b intereste i "new Altai syste bu h probabl wouldn' lik th ide o usin foreig operatin environment Bo wa strictl CP/ man. I wa jus afte dar a knocke a th doo o Bob' smal sout sid apartment N answer knocke louder muffle voic yelled "I you'v go CP/ disks com i - otherwise g away" typica Bo typ response. Undaunted entere th apartment Excep fo smal bul i gree shade hangin lam ove Kaypr compute i th fa corne o th livin room th entir apartmen wa i darkness Bo wa hunche ove th Kaypr wit th gree word o th scree flashin of an o hi face I thi light h looke lik ma scientis workin o maniaca formul o som type. "What'r yo doing Hardhacker?" called squintin t se i th semidarkness "Oh it onl you Tom" Hardhacke looke u fro hi compute scree fo moment Hi gaz returne t th screen. "Onl me Wh di yo expect War Christense o th Flopp Dis Fairy?" retorted. " though mayb yo wer m wif wit th disk tol he t get." Bo sighe dejectedly. "Wak up Hac Man sh lef tw month ag righ afte yo bough he tha goo lookin KIM- compute fo you weddin anniversary." "Wow wa i tha lon ago Tim reall flies." Th Hac Ma brightene u considerably "Whe wa th las tim wen t work?" h mumbled. "Don' yo remember?" asked wonderin i h ha reall gon of th dee end. "Wha da i this ten t loos trac whe I' workin o priorit project " Bo looke aroun th roo a i h were lost. "You'r doin thi fo BitteComp?" though mayb h wa workin a hom an downloadin t hi office. "No Bu the thin am an that' wha reall counts The pa m fo som trivia progra an develo th greates compute hardwar an softwar know t man Fool - the sai wa no 'addressin th rea market' I'l sho them. Bo sai throug clenche teeth. "Seriousl Bob Wha ar yo workin on?" asked hope coul brin hi bac littl o th roa t presen da reality. "Shhh! It' a AWESOM TOTA TO SECRET!! A-T-T-S can, tel soul." Bo hunche ove an looke furtivel aroun th roo a i h expecte spie t b lurkin everywhere "Wh i i s dar i here?" h asked "Becaus it' dar outsid an yo don' hav th light on." answered "Bu abou thi project yo ca tel m Hacker Thi i Tom You Ol CP/ pal Mr CP/ Man "Ok." Bo agai looke furtivel aroun th darkene roo t mak sur n on wa listening "I' workin o revolutionar breakthroug i CP/ programming cal i BLASTDOS.COM." "What does it do?" "Well i work wit m ne flopp dis driv whic cal BLASTDISK First th progra run i conjunctio wit th dis driv t rea AN dis regardles o siz o forma an the BLASTDO convert AN progra o th dis fo executio unde CP/M Fo example I take 25 MSDO program scrunche i t 2. an the execute th progra a a equivalen spee o 7 MHz It' th breakthroug we'v bee waitin fo al thes years No w ca us an softwar tha i availabl worl wid i ou goo ol Kaypro an Ozzys. "What about disk formats, Hardhacker?", I asked. "Ah tha wa th eas part simpl hardwar modificatio an th meldin o a inch 1/ inch an 1/ inc driv int th ne creatio - BLASTDISK Th Hardhacke MultiDis Dis Driv (HMDDD) The I'l ad BLASTDOS.CO an sel th whol packag fo $99 Ah Tom wil b know a th greates hacke i th worl - ric too." "How did you get it to speed up the clock rate?", I asked. "Well tha wa bonu tha cam fro th hashin algorith use t cu th cod dow t manageabl amoun s tha i coul ru o REA computer." Hardhacke said "I work somethin lik th Bernoul theore o ai flow Th mor compresse th code th mor th pressur increased I wa tryin t forc th cod bac t it' ol size M progra won' le i expan again A result th onl thin th cod coul d wa spee up Thi i th sam thin tha ai flo doe throug venturi Th sam quantit o cod ha t g throug th CP - bu i les time Viola spee increase." "You sure about this, Hack Man?", I queried. "Absolutely!" sai Hardhacker "Jus think th large thos fool mak thei code th faste m progra wil ru it. "What's next, Bob?", I prodded. "Well thin I'l mak CP/ cod expander The ca compres i wit BLASTDOS.CO s i wil ru eve faster." Hardhacke answered wit fa awa loo i hi eye Eve a watched Bo slowl walke acros th room pickin u mould slic o pizz fro th tabl an approache th Kaypro. "Hardhacker!" yelled Ther wa n answer Th hackma caresse th keyboard shoo hi shoulder H shrugge m of a hi finger bega t poun th keys sighe i resignation ha los hi t CP/M. A lef th apartment coul no hel bu reflec upo reality I th worl o Hardhacke reall th rea worl o realit an th res o u ar livin i tota fantas worl tha w cal real O i rea reall jus wha w thin i rea an nothin else Fo u i i reall real. Wonder if I could put a BLASTDISK on the ole Ozzy? Hmmmm.