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FIDO IS A WATCHDOG, SOMEWHAT LIKE A DISOWNED MINI-PEEK,
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WHICH WILL SEND YOU A MESSAGE WHENEVER AN 'OBJECT' OF INTEREST
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APPEARS ON (OR DISAPPEARS FROM) THE SYSTEM.
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TYPING '?' AT FIDO WILL PRODUCE THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF
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COMMANDS:
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*****
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HOW-2 TRAIN FIDO:
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GIVE FIDO UP TO 10 THINGS TO WATCH FOR, SEPARATED BY COMMAS, BLANKS,
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OR CARRIAGE RETURNS. THERE ARE FIVE TYPES OF OBJECTS:
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1) USER JUST GIVE THE UNAME, E.G.'LOSER'
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2) TTY GIVE 'T' FOLLOWED BY 2-DIGIT OCTAL TTY #, E.G. 'T04'
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3) HOST GIVE 3-DIGIT OCTAL HOST NUMBER,FOLLOWED BY 'H'.
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4) JOB GIVE 'J=' FOLLOWED BY THE NAME OF THE JOB TO WATCH FOR.
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5) DEVICE GIVE: '*LPT*' FIDO BARKS IF PRINTER USED
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'*DIS*' DITTO FOR 340 DISPLAY
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'*SIX*' DITTO FOR PDP-6
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- A MINUS SIGN PREFIXED TO ANY OF THE ABOVE WILL MAKE FIDO BARK
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IN THE ABSENCE (NOT PRESENCE) OF THE OBJECT FOLLOWING.
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Z PREFIX BY DECIMAL # TO SET SLEEP TIME IN SECS (DEFAULT 10 SEC)
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^L LISTS OBJECTS THUS FAR, CLEARS SCREEN IF DATAPOINT
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^G KILLS THE CURRENT LINE, STOPS TYPEOUT IF ANY
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RUBOUT--AS USUAL
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FINALLY, TO USE YOUR WATCHDOG, GIVE
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^S WHICH WILL START FIDO PROWLING THE GROUNDS.
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******
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AFTER LEARNING WHAT YOU WANT IT TO WATCH FOR, FIDO WILL DISOWN
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ITSELF AND WAKE UP EVERY 10 SECONDS OR SO TO CHECK THE SYSTEM
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STATUS; IF IT FINDS SOMETHING, IT WILL BARK AT YOU IN THE FOLLOWING
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FASHION:
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'WOOF!! WOOF!! HERE BE:
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T23 RWG HACTRN'
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FIDO WILL BARK ONCE FOR PRINTING TERMINALS, THRICE FOR
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DATAPOINTS. (IF FOR SOME REASON IT CANNOT SEND THE MESSAGE,
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FIDO WILL SIMPLY GO BACK TO SLEEP AGAIN.) AFTER IT HAS BARKED ABOUT
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AN OBJECT, FIDO WILL NEVER LOOK FOR THAT OBJECT AGAIN, BUT WILL
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CONTINUE SEARCHING FOR ANY OTHERS IT WAS GIVEN. IF ALL
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ARE GONE, FIDO WILL GO AWAY.
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BEING DISOWNED, FIDO WILL SURVIVE A LOGOUT OF ITS CREATOR;
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YOU MAY LOG IN ANYWHERE ELSE AND FIDO WILL STILL WORK FOR YOU
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IF YOU HAVE THE SAME UNAME.
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HOWEVER, BEING DEVOTED, FIDO WILL DIE OF LONELINESS
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IF ITS CREATOR'S UNAME DISAPPEARS FROM THE SYSTEM FOR LONGER THAN
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5 MINUTES; THUS, ONE NEED NOT WORRY ABOUT LEFTOVER FIDOS.
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A DISOWNED FIDO USES ONLY ONE PAGE OF CORE AND ROUGHLY ONE
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SECOND COMPUTE TIME PER HALF-HOUR, SO THE NEIGHBORS SHOULD
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NEVER HAVE REASON TO COMPLAIN....
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