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  1.                                   WAIS
  2.  
  3.           The Wide Area Information Service is a program capable of 
  4.           searching many Internet databases for keywords that you
  5.           specify.  If your Internet host does not have a WAIS client
  6.           program, you will have to telnet to one of the following public
  7.           WAIS servers.
  8.  
  9.                               Public WAIS Servers 
  10.           ----------------------------------------------------------------
  11.             Address             IP Address                 Login Name
  12.           ----------------------------------------------------------------
  13.             info.funet.fi       128.214.6.102                 wais
  14.             swais.cwis.uci.edu  128.200.15.2                  swais
  15.             nnsc.nsf.net        128.89.1.178                  wais
  16.             quake.think.com     192.31.181.1                  wais
  17.             sunsite.unc.edu     152.2.22.81                   swais
  18.           ----------------------------------------------------------------
  19.  
  20.                                WAIS Key Commands   
  21.           ----------------------------------------------------------------
  22.             Command          What It Does
  23.           ----------------------------------------------------------------
  24.             ?                Display summary of help commands
  25.             q                Quit WAIS (from ANY source screen)
  26.           ----------------------------------------------------------------
  27.             Movement
  28.           ----------------------------------------------------------------
  29.             DOWN (j)         Move down one line
  30.             UP (k)           Move up one line
  31.             [number]         Jump to [number] among sources
  32.             /[sourcename]    Jump to [sourcename] source
  33.             ^D (J)           PageDown
  34.             ^U (K)           PageUp
  35.           ----------------------------------------------------------------
  36.             Source Selection
  37.           ----------------------------------------------------------------
  38.             SPACE            Selects or deselects a highlighted source
  39.             =                Deselects all selected sources
  40.             v                Display information about highlighted source
  41.           ----------------------------------------------------------------
  42.             Searching
  43.           ----------------------------------------------------------------
  44.             w                Ask to enter a keyword
  45.             s                Return to the source screen
  46.             ENTER            Performs search after entering keyword(s)
  47.             ENTER            Displays highlighted item from results screen
  48.           ----------------------------------------------------------------
  49.             Reading Items
  50.           ----------------------------------------------------------------
  51.             SPACE            Displays next page of item
  52.             q                Quits reading item 
  53.             m                Mails highlighted item to specified address
  54.           ----------------------------------------------------------------
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