  [HLP:NOTICE.HLP 1 page]


                WHAT IS THIS NOTICE BUSINESS?

  The staff of the computer center make up various NOTICE files  which  either
  WILL or WON'T type out automatically just as you LOGIN.  Whether they WILL or
  WON'T is determined in a clever way which is  simple.   These  NOTICES  range
  from  very  important,  to barely interesting, and they are designed for all
  users to read and put away in their sleeping  brains  somewhere.   For  this
  reason, the staff (most of us) consider it of utmost importance that they be
  kept VERRRRY SHORT (like less than one  line).   Why  short?   So  you  won't
  <ctrl-O> it.


                <CTRL-O> ??  You mean ??  I can do THAT ??

  Yes.  Unfortunately, the <CTRL-O> cuts off those one-line  NOTICES  forever.
  When  you <CTRL-O> a NOTICE, you just blew your one chance to see it.  Thats
  right!  Here is the story.


                        THE STORY

  There are 10 possible NOTICE files, which are  sent  to  you,  depending  on
  whether they were created since you last LOGGED IN.  So if you have seen one
  of the notices which is there, by LOGGING IN, it will not be  sent  to  that
  [p,pn] again when it LOGS IN.  IF we make up a new one, though, it will have
  a new creation date, and you will  see  it.   Our  NOTICE  file  names  are:
  NOTICE.0,  NOTICE.2,...,NOTICE.9 .   This way, we can change
  some notices, and not affect whether you see others.


                 BUT IVE SEEN SOME NOTICES REPEATED!

  Ok.  Ok.  There is one other file called NOTICE.NOW .  That  one  is  always
  sent to you when you LOGIN, if it exists.  It rarely does, is kept EXTREMELY
  SHORT, and is always VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL USERS     (like "WE CRASH  EVERY
  5 MINUTES")


                HOW CAN I REPENT OF MY <CTRL-O> SINS ??

  Well...there is one way you can get to see the notices again.  It won't  cost
  you  much,  but  you  do  have to promise never to do it again.  Here's how.
  After the monitor prompt (.) type

                I/NOTICE        or just I/NOT

  and all notices will be repeated, for your benefit, immediately.   For  more
  on what the "I" command does, see HELP INITIA.

[End of NOTICE.HLP]

.KJOB
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