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  1.           SUGGEST                             Michael J. Mefford
  2.           Command                                    1986/No. 20
  3.  
  4.           ______________________________________________________
  5.  
  6.           Purpose:  Flashes a message on the screen at selected
  7.                     rates and durations ranging from many minutes
  8.                     to a brevity approaching the limit of
  9.                     subliminal  perception.
  10.  
  11.           Format:   SUGGEST message[/Fn][/Dn]
  12.  
  13.           Remarks:  The message may be up to 80 characters in
  14.                     length; longer messages are truncated.  The
  15.                     optional /F (frequency) and /D (duration)
  16.                     switches accept a user-entered integer n from
  17.                     1 through 9. (0 is their default value and
  18.                     need not be entered).  These correspond to
  19.                     the following approximate timings:
  20.  
  21.                          /F9=0:05            /D9=0.170
  22.                          /F8=3:05            /D8=0.153
  23.                          /F7=6:05            /D7=0.136
  24.                          /F6=9:05            /D6=0.119
  25.                          /F5=12:05           /D5=0.102
  26.                          /F4=15:05           /D4=0.085
  27.                          /F3=18:05           /D3=0.068
  28.                          /F2=21:05           /D2=0.051
  29.                          /F1=24:05           /D1=0.034
  30.                          /F0=27:05 (default) /D0=0.017
  31.  
  32.           Example:   You might enter the following:
  33.  
  34.                     SUGGEST SAVE YOUR WORK/F6/D9
  35.  
  36.                     as a useful reminder.
  37.  
  38.                     Notes:
  39.  
  40.                     1.   SUGGEST is a memory-resident utility.
  41.                          You may load several messages, but you
  42.                          must reboot to clear the program.
  43.  
  44.                     2.   Even at its briefest duration the
  45.                          SUGGEST message is still visible, so the
  46.                          program is not intended for scientific
  47.                          investigation of truly subliminal
  48.                          experimentation.
  49.