Welcome to the New England District Computer System.

		New Users of the system often get confused be-
	cause they aren't sure when they are supposed to respond
	to questions asked by the computer, or how to respond.
	
		Normally you will be prompted by a question mark
	when the computer expects a response.  Type your answer
	and then press the return key.  Often all the computer wants
	is you to type YES or NO.  Usually when you simply push the
	return key it indicates YES to the computer.

		Sometimes you can initiate a command to the computer
	instead of merely responding to it.  To do this however you
	should be certain that you are not currently running a program.
	If the computer is not running a program it should have printed
	the comment: "Ready" at your terminal, otherwise it is in the midst
	of some kind of program. 

	You can halt a running program by pressing the control key and 
	the C key SIMULTANEOUSLY!!  ---But this is dangerous.  It 
	"crashes" the program and means you have to start over.

	Before going any further you should learn to use the HELP pro-
	gram.  Type: HELP and read carefully what is there.  Then I
	recommend you find out about SIMPLE COMMANDS.