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Message no. 1
From: Jeweler <prier@***.UNIBAS.CH>
Subject: Coyote's Hounds
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 19:39:49 +0100
>>>>>[ I just saw one of your Hounds go howling past, Coyote. Very
impressive. I know some people who would be interested in purchasing
such a program for a substantial ammount of Nuyen. If you are interested,
you could probably name your own price. Let me know.<<<<<
-- The Jeweler <10:41:19/01-31-55>
Message no. 2
From: Joshua James Harrison <harrij4@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: Coyote's Hounds
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 18:45:18 -0500
>>>>>[Sell my hounds? You must be joking! That was a custom job that I did
myself, chummer, and I'm not gonna sell it off and have it potentially used
against me... but since you are so impressed with it, I'll tell you about
it...

It's similar to the ol' Trace and Report IC that is used frequently in corps
these days... but it's more a smartframe than a resident program... once the
hounds have been given the 'scent' of somebody's MPCP signature, they scatter
throughout the Matrix hunting it down. When they find it, they set up a baying
that lets me know they've found their target... and then I move in...

It is based of a program that my old man wrote (Norman Ellis, the famous
Matrix programmer... you may hev heard of him)... but it has some mods of my
own...

Of course, I can modify the hounds to attack the person with that MPCP, but I
don't do that very often (it weakens their trace and makes them easier to
crash... that isn't fun). I've had them running around quite a bit lately...
chasing after traces on Widow and Dante and Talky and so forth... I just
havent had time to go calling them all back yet... don't worry... unless they
have your 'scent' you have nothing to fear from them... unless you try and
keep them from doing their job...

But my hounds aren't for sale... not at any price... develop your own if you
want, but these are mine, and they are copyrighted, so if you capture them, a
lawsuit will be pending... the copyright is held by my father, since it is
based on his original program...

Ah well... gotta go. Bye all!]<<<<<
-- Coyote (and his kennel)

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