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^^SPECIFICATION\\
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^^HELPER\\
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^^PROGRAM THAT PRINTS HELP MESSAGES\\
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^DATE:##01-^JUN-72
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^FILE:##^^HELPER.RNO\\
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^EDITION:##2
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^^***COPYRIGHT#1970,#1971,#1972#DIGITAL#EQUIPMENT#CORP.,
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MAYNARD,#MASS.***\\
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^THIS DOCUMENT REFLECTS THE SOFTWARE AS OF VERSION 4.
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^THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT
NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ^DIGITAL ^EQUIPMENT
^CORPORATION.
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^ACTUAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN THIS SPECIFICATION
WILL BE SUBJECT TO TERMS AND CONDTIONS TO BE ANNOUNCED AT SOME FUTURE
DATE BY ^DIGITAL ^EQUIPMENT ^CORPORATION.
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1.0##^^SPECIFICATIONS FOR ^^HELPER\\
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^^HELPER\\ IS A SUBROUTINE USED TO OUTPUT HELP TEXTS (^^SYS:??????.HLP)\\
ONTO DEVICE ^^TTY\\.  ^IT IS ENTERED VIA A ^^PUSHJ  17,.HELPR\\ WITH
THE ^^SIXBIT\\ MODULE NAME IN ACCUMULATOR 1.  ^THE RETURN FROM ^^HELPER\\ IS TO
THE LOCATION FOLLOWING THE ^^PUSHJ\\.  ^^HELPER\\ PRESENTLY REQUIRES
SEVEN LOCATIONS ON THE PUSH-DOWN LIST (PROVISIONS SHOULD BE MADE TO
ALLOW FOR 10 LOCATIONS TO ALLOW FUTURE EXPANSION) ON WHICH TO STORE AND
FROM WHICH TO RESTORE USER ^^AC'\\S AND ^JOB ^FIRST ^FREE FOR USE
BY THE ^^CORE UUO\\ TO SHRINK CORE BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL SIZE.  ^DISK
INPUT OF THE ^^HELP\\ TEXT IS ACCOMPLISHED ON CHANNEL 0.
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^CALLING ^SEQUENCE:##^^MOVE   1,[SIXBIT\\ /MODULE NAME/]
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2.0##^^PROBLEMS\\
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^^HELPER\\ OUTPUTS ^^ASCIZ\\ STRINGS ON A CHARACTER-BY-CHARACTER
BASIS FROM A DISK BUFFER.
^THIS METHOD DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR A MESSAGE LEVEL OF OUTPUT TO THE
REQUESTOR.
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[^END OF ^^HELPER.RNO\\]
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