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  1.              Multiplied Intelligence Personnel Simulator (M.I.P.S.)
  2.                          Copyright 1987, Michael Reed.
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  5.                              ║ FILE ACCESS SYNTAX ║
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  9.       Adding a natural language interface to your databases can make then 
  10.          easier to access and understand.  ASCII text files as well as 
  11.               8-bit and 16-bit binary data files can be accessed.
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  26.                              ║ FILE ACCESS SYNTAX ║
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  29.                                  [Filename.Ext]
  30.                     Displays full contents of an ASCII file.
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  32.                                  [Filename.Ext
  33.                         Make file available for reading
  34.                                   (Open file)
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  36.                                 Location,Length]
  37.                           Read file from Location for 
  38.                        Length characters then close file
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  40.                                 Location,Length}
  41.                           Read file from Location for
  42.                      Length characters and leave file open
  43.                                 for later reads
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  49.                              ║ FILE ACCESS SYNTAX ║
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  52.                                     Length]
  53.                       Read file from current file position 
  54.                      for Length characters then close file
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  57.                                     Length}
  58.                       Read file from current file position 
  59.                      for Length characters then leave file 
  60.                               open for later reads 
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  73.                              ║ FILE ACCESS SYNTAX ║
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  76.                    If Length = 1, then file data is displayed 
  77.                      as a 8-bit number (range 0 thru 255).
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  79.                    If Length = 2, then file data is displayed
  80.                     as a 16-bit number (range 0 thru 65535).
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  82.                    If Length > 2, then file data is displayed 
  83.                               as ASCII characters.
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  85.                                      NOTE:
  86.                      Only one open file at a time.  Always 
  87.                        remember to close a file that was 
  88.                         opened before leaving the system.
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