STATION ID - 7047/3.12

9x Datakit Network
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

This is a 9x system, restricted to authorized persons and for
official 9x business only. Anyone using this system, network or data
is subject to being monitored at any time for system administration and
for identifying unauthorized users or system misuse. Anyone using this
system expressly consents to such monitoring and is advised that any
evidence of criminal activity revealed through such monitoring may be
provided to law enforcement for prosecution.



			Time-o-Matic's System 8000
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		             by: Grampa Elite


		    Background info/blurb on Time-o-Matic
		   ---------------------------------------

	Time-O-Matic, Inc., founded in 1932, is the oldest manufacturer of 
electronic signs. Based in central Illinois, the privately owned firm 
specializes in selling and installing commercial electronic signs 
throughout the United States and Latin America through a network of 
experienced custom sign manufacturers. Time-O-Matic is also the country's 
leading manufacturer of electronic time & temperature signs.

				System 8000
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	The Time-o-Matic 8000, TOM 8k for short is a type of messaging center 
that display messages to the general public.  There are other types of 
TOM's besides the 8000 but since this is the only type I have encountered 
that is what I am writing about.  Most TOM 8k's have a modem somewhere in
the messaging center that is used to configure it from remote.  With the 
TOM 8k you need a specialized client to access it from modem, actually it
is very simplistic in nature but is needed because it doesn't show jack shit
if you dial it with a comm program.  This client has a main menu that looks 
like..
------------------------<snip snip>-------------------
			System 8000 Control Menu
					
			F1  - HELP
			F2  - MESSAGES
			F3  - SEQUENCING
			F4  - USER GRAPHICS
			F5  - COMMUNICATIONS
			F6  - SYSTEM AUDIT
			F7  - .... UNASSIGNED ....
			F8  - CONFIGURATION
			F9  - SYSTEM DATE/TIME
			F10 - QUIT (Return to DOS)
------------------------<snip snip>--------------------
	The F2 command shows all the messages that are displayed by the TOM
and also lets you add/edit/delete messages.  The F5 command holds numbers
to the TOM(s) and has an option to connect to them.  Basicly these are 
the only two functions we are concerned with right now.  The main point 
is that TOM 8k's have no passwords or passwording ability!  So if you have 
found a TOM, it is well within anyones reach to change these to whatever you 
may want like "hey you, yeah you in the car, what the fuck are you looking 
at?" maybe you don't want to do that as it may cause some traffic problems.
I have included the client within the tom-client.zip file which needs to be 
configured before you run it..

