TRW INFORMATION SERVICES IS AMERICA'S LARGEST CREDIT REPORTING INSTITUTE,CONTAINING THE CREDIT HISTORIES OF OVER 90 MILLION AMERICANS ON-LINE(HUMM..)! WHEN YOU CALL TRW, THE DIAL UP WILL IDENTIFY ITSELF WITH THE MESSAGE "TRW".IT WILL THEN WAIT FOR YOU TO TYPE THE APPROPOATE ANSWER BACK(SUCH AS CTRL-G) ONCE THIS HAS BEEN DONE, THE SYSTEM WILL SAY "CIRCUIT BUILDING IN PROGRESS" ALLONG WITH A FEW NUMBERS. AFTER THIS IT CLEARS THE SCREEN(CTRL-L) FOLLOWED BY A CTRL-Q. AFTER THE SYSTEM SENDS THE CTRL-Q, IT IS READY FOR THE REQUEST. YOU FIRST TYPE THE 4 CHARACTER IDENTIFIER FOR THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF THE ACCOUNT. FOR EX)
TCA1 - FOR CERTAIN CALF. & VICINITY SUBSCRIBERS
TCA2 - A SECOND CALF. TRW SYSTEM
TNJ1 - THEIR NJ DATABASE
TGA1 - THEIR GEORGA DATABASE.
THE USER THEN TYPES A <CR> AND THEN ON THE NEXT LINE, HE MUST TYPE HIS 3 CHAR. OPTION. MOST REQUESTS USE THE RTS OPTION. OPX, RTX, AND A FEW OTHERS EXIST. (NOTE: TRW WILL ACCEPT AN A, C, OR S AS THE 'X' IN THE OPTIONS ABOVE.) THEN FINALLY, THE USER TYPES HIS 7 DIGIT SUBSCRIBER CODE. HE APPENDS HIS 3-4 CHARACTER PASSWORD AFTER IT. IT SEENS THAT IF YOU MANNAGE TO GET HOLD OF A TRW PRINTOUT (TRASHING AT SEARS, SAKS, ETC. OR FROM GETTING YOUR CREDIT PRINTOUT
FROM THEM) THIER SUBSCRIBER CODE WILL BE ON IT, LEAVING ONLY A 3-4 CHARACTER P/W UP TO YOU.
FOR EX)
(CALL THE DIALUP)
TRW (SYSTEM TYPES, ST FROM NOW ON)
CTRL-G (YOT TYPE, YT FROM NOW ON)
CIRCUIT BUILDINg IN PROGRESS 1234 (ST)
CTRL-L CRTL-Q (ST)
TCA1 (YT)
RTS 3000000AAA <CR><CRTL-S> (YT)
NOTE, THIS SYSTEM IS IN HALF DUPLEX, EVEN PARITY, 7 BITS PER WORD, AND 2 STOP BITS
