hmc login client: a 16-bit MS-DOS based client that used IPX (via INT calls to LSL.COM/IPXODI.COM) instead of TCP/IP. This special MS-DOS based client was actually installed in place of the standard HMC Academic Computing network Login Prompt screen for many months, allowing the cycles of unused workstations to be utilized while they were waiting for someone to login.

From:	bovine@distributed.net	(Wed Sep 4 13:24:33 2002)
This client's bland-looking display exactly matched the original HMC Logon Prompt (so it wouldn't be noticed) except for a single letter displayed in the upper-right corner. The letter would alternate between 'w' and 'W' while it was waiting for IPX network activity, or display an animating stick ('/', '-', '', '|') as it was cracking blocks.