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- Multiplied Intelligence Personnel Simulator (M.I.P.S.)
- Copyright 1987, Michael Reed.
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- ║ M.I.P.S. COMMANDS ║
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- WHY
- ---
- The WHY command is used to display the relationship between the
- meaning of what you type and the meaning the personality
- attributes to it. Do not take any advice from any personality
- without first using this command to check the reply's accuracy.
-
- WRONG
- -----
- Utilizing the WRONG command allows personalities to grow. WRONG
- records on disk the last sentence typed and gives a chance for
- the user to supply a response. Only user number 1 can add
- information directly to the personality. The WRONG command
- records users' sentences and replies in the PENDING.BOK file for
- later inspection by user number 1.
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- ║ M.I.P.S. COMMANDS ║
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- NEXT
- ----
- Issuing the NEXT command causes a personality to display the next
- best reply to the last sentence typed. This command can be used
- repeatedly up to 50 times or until the personality has no more
- possible replies.
-
- ON
- --
- The ON command allows you to identify yourself. Once identified,
- your first name will replace the default "User>" prompt. Only
- the first person identified by M.I.P.S. will be allowed to
- teach a personality or to access the SAVE, READ, WRITE and
- NAME commands.
-
- OFF
- ---
- Use the OFF command to exit M.I.P.S. The OFF command
- does not save any information to disk.
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- LOAD
- ----
- The LOAD command is used to bring a personality's knowledge into
- M.I.P.S. The LOAD command can be bypassed by including the name
- of the personality after HELLO at execution time.
-
- VOCAB
- -----
- Any user executing the VOCAB command will be told the number of
- words recognized by the personality. When user number 1 executes
- the VOCAB command while at teacher level, all the words the
- personality recognizes are also displayed.
- The ESCape key can be used to stop the listing.
-
- LEVEL
- -----
- The LEVEL command is used by user number 1 to enter and exit teacher level.
- Teacher level is needed to execute the READ, WRITE, SAVE and NAME commands.
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- QUESTIONS
- ---------
- The QUESTIONS command displays all questions a personality can
- respond to. The ESCape key can be used to stop the listing.
-
- ANSWERS
- -------
- The ANSWERS command displays all responses available to a
- personality. The ESCape key can be used to stop the listing.
-
- LIST
- ----
- Use the LIST command to display all questions and responses a
- personality can respond to. The ESCape key can be used to stop
- the listing.
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- COMMANDS
- --------
- The COMMANDS command displays the 20 commands recognized by
- M.I.P.S. The commands SAVE, READ, WRITE and NAME can only be
- used by user number 1.
-
- CLEAR
- -----
- Use the CLEAR command to clear the screen. After using
- CLEAR, output to the display starts at the top left corner
- of the screen.
-
- PAUSE
- -----
- The pause command causes the system to stop and display
- "Press the SPACE BAR to continue."
- When the user presses the space bar the system is restarted.
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- EXECUTE
- -------
- Only user number 1 can use the EXECUTE command directly, but
- replies using EXECUTE are supported for all users. This command
- shells to DOS, executes any DOS command, and then returns to
- M.I.P.S. Using an equals sign alone after EXECUTE, forces DOS to
- remain available to the user. From DOS, use EXIT to return to
- M.I.P.S.
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- SAVE
- ----
- The SAVE command is used to store a personality's knowledge.
- Once saved, the personality can be reloaded at a later time.
- The name of the personality must be set correctly before using
- this command.
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- NAME
- ----
- Use the NAME command to change the name of a personality. The
- default name for a personality is Friend. Remember to name each
- personality before saving it for the first time.
-
- READ
- ----
- The READ command is used to enter new knowledge into a personality.
- A personality can only READ a file that strictly follows the BOOK file format.
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- WRITE
- -----
- The WRITE command appends a personality's knowledge to a BOOK format file.
- To edit the knowledge of a personality, use WRITE to save the
- knowledge contained by a personality
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