- The phone lifts off the wall with a quiet click and Jack begins to dial. - He holds the receiver to his ear - silence. Welp, another thing that - isn't working. He puts it back on the wall while turning to the - terminal. + There needs to be a mention of him trying to turn + on a lamp but it only flickers for a short moment. + He leans over the desk with the terminal and flips the power switch. + Bonk! Seems to work, at least. While waiting + for the tube to warm up, he walks over to the rack and sits down + on the floor in front of it. He inspects the status lights. + CPU is idle, serials are idle, primary hard drive + is powered up – all good. Secondary hard drive is powered down, + let's change that... He pushes the power button and hears the + spindle spinning up. The power button blinks. There is some intermittent + rattling from the drive, probably a shot + bearing. It takes an unusually long time for it to get up to + speed. Impatiently sitting there, Jack waits for the drive to be ready. + Clicking form the mechanism unlocking the heads followed by a ringing + scratching noise. Of course, he thinks, + quickly pressing the power button again. The scratching stops and the + spindle motor turns off. That's gonna be an + ugly head crash. He looks around for other ways to get the manual. + He could try calling someone, maybe the lines to <dome city> still + work.
- Bonk! At least this seems to work. While waiting for the picture tube to - warm up, he opens the lid on the teleprinter - only to find that - something has eaten most of the paper. He removes what remains and opens - one of the cabinets under the desks. By some miracle, the animal that ate - the paper on the printer didn't find the rest. He takes a piece of - the stack and tears it off. Then, he sets it on top of the desk with a - thump. need translation for "Staub - aufwirbeln" + Not exactly excited by the prospect of calling random people, but not + seeing another option, he reaches for the phone. It lifts off the wall + with a quiet click and Jack begins to dial. He holds the receiver to his + ear - silence. Welp, that's that. + He puts it back on the wall.
- The terminal screen reaches full brightness as Jack feeds the paper into - the printer. He makes sure the holes on the feed ribbons line up with the - mechanism, then he turns back to the terminal and begins to type. + I wonder what happened over the years... + He walks over to the the teleprinter and opens the lid to find that + something has eaten most of the paper. He removes the remains and opens + one of the cabinets under the desks. By some miracle, whatever ate the + paper didn't find the rest. He tears off a piece of the stack and + puts it into the printer, feeding the end into the tractor mechanism. + Then, he sits down at the terminal and logs on. + This should be rephrased to indicate that there + is some purpose to him opening the lid in the first place, like him + wanting to change the ribbon bc it's no doubt deteriorated or something + like that.
- Tue, 2106-06-01, 15:21 +Tue, 2106-06-01, 15:21 - EARTH-53 Login: jack - Password: +EARTH-53 Login: jack +Password: - Welcome to INUX! +Welcome to INUX! - $ ls - $ pwd - /home/jack - $ cd /var/log - $ ls -F - cron/ outpost/ dmesg.log wtmp - $ cd outpost - $ ls -F - comms comms_diag/ event logbook - $ cat logbook > /dev/ttyS1 - $ █ +$ █
- The printer comes to life and starts printing.
+ Over a hundred years, huh...
+ He types a few commands.
+
+$ ls +$ pwd +/home/jack +$ cd /var/log +$ ls +cron outpost dmesg.log wtmp +$ cd outpost +$ ls +comms comms_diag event logbook +$ cat logbook > /dev/ttyS1 +$ █ ++
+ The printer comes to life and starts printing. Jack gets up and walks + over to it. The printer prints. And it prints some more. The paper + reaches the floor. Jack picks up the end and holds it, folding the pages + along the perforated lines as they reach his hands. Finally, the printer + stops to print. Jack turns the wheel on the side of the printer, manually + advancing the feed mechanism, until he reaches the end of the page. Then, + he tears it off and takes the small stack of paper back to the terminal + desk. Trying his luck with the lamp again, he flips the switch multiple + times until it stays on.
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