Get quick and convenient access to just the hints you need for Uplink, without staying on our website. Just download a free trial
version of our UHS Reader software and
a copy of these hints. You will get the
same gradual hints you see here -- unlike ordinary cheats or a
walkthrough that can spoil your game.
You can also buy the full version of the UHS Reader
for Windows or macOS. For just $14.95, you get full access to hints for
hundreds of games and 1 year of free updates. You can also search, decode, or print an entire
game's worth of hints at once.
Ask the Author
If you have questions about a puzzle that aren't answered
anywhere in these hints,
you may contact the author.
Uplink Hints
Introversion Machine
1 of 14: The Introversion Machine might be described as being the most 'introversial' system there is.
2 of 14: Thus, the IP is as 'introversial' as can be.
3 of 14: Or 'Uplinkish'
4 of 14: The first (three-digit) number of an IP address labels the IP address _group_. For example, all IPs starting with 127 are _your_ computer. .0.0.1 means simply the first of any group starting with 127.
5 of 14: There are four IP groups in the game that belong to Introversion.
6 of 14: One is in the possession of the company "Introversion Software". Don't bother looking for it in the InterNIC or waiting for a job to wreck it, there won't be anything to find or any to get. You can buy shares or put stuff in their file server, but that's it.
7 of 14: The others belong to the Uplink Corporation.
8 of 14: The Bank and the Public Access server have their own IP groups. The other two are directly linked to the Uplink Agency.
9 of 14: The most 'Uplinkish' IP address can be said to describe itself again and again.
10 of 14: It has as many numbers as possible describing Uplink.
11 of 14: Or rather, the Uplink Agency.
12 of 14: The IP group of Uplink Agency is 128.
13 of 14: Thus, the IP is the IP address that has as much of this number as possible.
