The terminals are 1980s era text-only computers used throughout Emtanon. Two of them may only be viewed via AS32, while others may be remotely controlled by players via the Emtanon portal.

Filesystem structure

home
+-- documents
    +-- locations.txt
    +-- agent_system
tmp
+-- _oldfiles
    +-- _database
        +-- xorfs (contains messages from 2012-2015)
        +-- station (empty directory)
    +-- programs
        +-- xorfs (ERROR: Config file missing.)
+-- misc (empty directory)
+-- local (contains several files of Maria's ASCII art)
+-- share
    +-- fl_passcodes (wrong passwords to Felicity's voicemail)
control
+-- env
    +-- enable_lock ("YES")
    +-- tone_test_code ("34001")
    +-- tone_test ("200 300 400 500 600")
+-- as27 (PERMISSION DENIED.)
+-- as32 (PERMISSION DENIED.)
messages
+-- notes ("2931 10 3422 4")
+-- msg (PERMISSION DENIED.)
+-- transfer (PERMISSION DENIED.)
+-- datalink (PERMISSION DENIED.)
+-- received (PERMISSION DENIED.)
+-- outbound (PERMISSION DENIED.)
data
+-- agents (PERMISSION DENIED.)
programs
+-- iris
+-- as27
+-- xorfs (ERROR: Config file missing.)
+-- defrag
+-- term (ERROR: Config file missing.)
+-- ostat
+-- cworder (ERROR: Config file missing.)
system
+-- config (empty directory)
kernel (PERMISSION DENIED.)
network (PERMISSION DENIED.)
logs
+-- network.log (ACCESS DENIED.)
+-- modem.log (ACCESS DENIED.)
+-- unix.log (ACCESS DENIED.)
+-- system.log (ACCESS DENIED.)
+-- terminal.log (ACCESS DENIED.)
+-- iris.log
+-- access.log (ACCESS DENIED.)
+-- shell.log
share
+-- hq (PERMISSION DENIED.)
+-- gough (PERMISSION DENIED.)
+-- svalbard (PERMISSION DENIED.)
+-- rock (PERMISSION DENIED.)
+-- iqaluit (PERMISSION DENIED.)
+-- alaska (PERMISSION DENIED.)
+-- uk (PERMISSION DENIED.)
+-- hf (PERMISSION DENIED.)
+-- marine_org (PERMISSION DENIED.)

The following basic commands are listed by help and have help text:

• help
• list [+all]: Lists the files in the working directory. +all also shows the modification times.
• make <name>: Creates a directory.
• open <name>: Changes the working directory down one level.
• return: Changes the working directory up one level.
• where: Displays the absolute path of the working directory.
• delete <name>: Deletes a file or directory.
• create <name>: Creates an empty file.
• read <name>: Displays the contents of a file.
• write <name> <line>: Appends a line to a file.
• clear: Clears the screen.
• beep: Makes a beep while briefly filling the screen with #s.
• play <duration-in-ms> <frequency-in-hz> <volume-from-0-to-1> <square|sine|triangle|sawtooth>
• run <name> <arguments>: Runs a program from the working directory.

Apart from these, the following undocumented commands are known:

• export: Uploads data to the agent systems; requires sysop privileges.
• line <begin-x> <begin-y> <end-x> <end-y>: Draws a line of #s on the screen.
• ohio <pin>: Activates a Cleveland Direct calling card.
• plot <x> <y>: Draws a single # on the screen.
• reboot
• sabre airport arrived <airport>
• sabre airport inbound <airport>
• sabre airport outbound <airport>
• sabre airport scheduled <airport>
• sabre airport status <flight>
• sys <address>: Executes machine code from the given memory location.
• utime: Current timestamp in the ISO 8601 format, e.g. 2023-10-31T09:33:32.930Z.
• wtime: Current timestamp in the XORFS format, e.g. Z 31093334Z OCT 23.
• wx <location>: Weather information.