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logged in and their status and the status of the system as a
whole. This command does not work on all Tops-20 computers from a non-logged in
state, namely versions 6.1 and higher. A second and immensely more effective
method is superior use of the escape character. The complete use of this
character will be discussed later. For use in logging, one types LOGin and
then a letter or series of letters and then the escape key. Depending on the
number of usernames beginning with the same letter(s), the computer will fill
in the rest of the username. Once the letters are in such a way that if one
continued typing, only one valid username could be gotten, the escape key
will fill in the rest if pressed. Here is an example:
@LOGin S(escape)
(the computer responds with a beep because there is more than one username
starting with the letter S, so I type another letter)
@LOGin SM(escape)
(beep once more)
@LOGin SMI(escape)
@LOGin SMIth (PASSWORD)
          ^^
(The computer fills in the 'th' part