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From: R.KITTREDGE@md-b.prime.com
Subject: (none)
Reply-To: Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 18:29:13 GMT

DOW 30 is up 11.07 at 1:02 EST 11/9/92

Issue: CVN

Name                       Volume    Hi/Ask   Low/Bid     Last  Change Update
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COMPUTERVISION CORP NEW C    739      6.875     6.625    6.750   0.125  12:52

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From: ariel@world.std.com (Robert L Ullmann)
Subject: Re: "Who's on first?"
Organization: The World in Boston
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 00:50:22 GMT

Actually, FS encoding isn't "prime proprietary", it was from the very
beginning designed to be an open standard, and some specs were circulated
informally.

The reason it didn't get published is that it wasn't good enough; the
actual coding of the bits was hacked up (in PDNmail 1.6, so that I
could do 2.0 release electronically; I had by that time made 100+ kit
tapes manually on system EN-C06 ;-) We wanted to do FS2, but it never
got released (David Robinson did get it working, just before we all
got the charette fatale for the last time... (is that redundant? never mind.)

FS2 used LZ77/LZJU90 compression, so that the FS encoded file(s) ended
up _smaller_ than the original in most cases.

Rob


--
Robert Ullmann		Ariel@World.STD.COM	+1 508 879 6994 x226
Quand Maigret poussa la porte du Tabac Fontaine, vers une heure et demie,
le patron du bar, qui venait de se lever, descendait lentement un escalier
en colimaon qui s'amorait dans l'arrire-salle. ... Arriv derrire le
comptoir, il repousa le garon d'un geste ngligent de la main, saisit
une bouteille de vin blanc, un verre, mlangea au vin de l'eau minrale et,
la tte renverse en arrire, se gargarisa.  -- Simenon

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From: gml4410@ggr.co.uk (Lack Mr G M)
Subject: Reply to your message.
Reply-To: Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 16:47:44 GMT

> Subject: Daylight saving time
> From:    Steve Almquist System Engineering (S.ALM@ENE.Prime.COM)
> 
> Re:     <9211021821.AA00469@uk0x06.ggr.co.uk>
>.....
> This discussion is actually rather mute. After the subject surfaced
> last April I removed all Daylight
> Savings Time functions in the diagnostic processor code in 4000
> & 6000 microcode floppy disks. DIAGnostic_PROCessor code
> Engineering Release Level 21 on the floppies was release last June.

     Many  thanks  for  the  info.   So I need a microcode upgrade?  But
which version do I need for a 6150, 6350 and 6550 (all of  which  I  had
suffer  this...).   I  get  highly  confused  over  microcode  revision,
especially when all Spars etc.  refer to them by letter but  the  CPUID$
gate returns numbers. 


-------------------------- Gordon Lack ----------------------------------
The contents of this message *may* reflect my personal opinion.  They are
*not* intended to reflect those of my employer, or anyone else.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.prime
From: Eric@CCCC.CC.Colorado.Edu (Eric Ross)
Subject: Re: "Who's on first?"
Reply-To: Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM
Organization: Colorado College, Colorado Springs Colorado
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 15:26:03 GMT


Lee Burns <70604.2163@compuserve.com> writes:
>Here's a utility which will list user timeslices & priorities along with
>ID, Project, & user type - it's handy for seeing what the real mix of
>priorities & timeslices are for all users.  Why do you need this?  You
>need it if you want to have a chance at getting online users & BATCH users
>to co-exist gracefully on the same system or for other traditionally
>hard to tune environments.
-- source deleted --

This sounds very handy -- thanks, Lee.  Unfortunately, I don't have a
compiler.  If someone else on the list compiles this, would you mail
the object to me, fs-encoded?  Thanks!

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From: gml4410@ggr.co.uk (Lack Mr G M)
Subject: Re: Async cables for modems
Reply-To: Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 10:59:49 GMT

     I've forgotten where this started, but have you tried connecting to
the Prime through  the  Modem  and  then  typing  "DROPDTR"  instead  of
"LOGIN"?   This will (surprisingly :-)) drop the DTR signal.  The result
might give some help as to what is going on.
    

-------------------------- Gordon Lack ----------------------------------
The contents of this message *may* reflect my personal opinion.  They are
*not* intended to reflect those of my employer, or anyone else.
From: R.KITTREDGE@md-b.prime.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.prime
Subject: (none)
Date: 5 Nov 92 16:05:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.9211051617.AA06286
Reply-To: Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM

Date: 05 Nov 92 10:40:40 EST


PIERRE VIOLO NAMED HEAD OF ALTERNATE CHANNELS BUSINESS UNIT
WILL REPORT TO JACK SHIELDS

Jack Shields announced today that Pierre Violo has been named Vice
President and General Manager of the Alternate Channels Business Unit.

In addition to its indirect distribution responsibility, ACBU will
be responsible for Direct Marketing-Telesales on a world-wide basis and
will report to Shields.

"Refocusing our Company on Software, Indirect Channels, and Direct
Marketing-Telesales is vital to our continued growth and market
leadership," Shields noted.  "We have demonstrated the successful
implementation of our indirect program with our CADDS 5, Personal
Designer, MEDUSA, and DesignView successes during 1992 and expect to
continue our success in the indirect channels while adding this new
direct marketing focus in 1993."

Jerry Kokos, who was ACBU's General Manager, will be leaving
Computervision to pursue other interests.  Jerry will be working with
Pierre to ensure a smooth transition.  "Jerry made a significant
contribution to the success of the ACBU, and we appreciate his efforts
over the past several years," Shields stated.

Pierre joined Computervision in 1978 as a Sales Engineer-Northern
France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Holland.  He has held numerous
sales, marketing, and general management positions and, most recently,
has been Vice President EMEA Sales Operations and Systems Integration
responsible for Marketing, Indirect Sales, Direct Marketing, and
Systems Integration, where he doubled the Indirect Sales business and
initiated a European Direct Marketing group in 1992.

"Pierre brings us the experience of his successful management of both
Direct and Indirect Sales organizations," said Shields.  "This
experience will enable us to continue the success of our Indirect
distribution strategy and add this new Direct-Telemarketing capability
to our overall selling capability."

Pierre and his family will be moving to the Bedford area.
From: alm@cpvax.cpses.tu.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.prime
Subject: Job Wanted
Date: 6 Nov 92 16:29:46 CST
Organization: Texas Utilities, Glen Rose TX 

I am interested in finding a position (Contract or full-time) in the Houston,
TX area.  I started using PICK/PRIME Info in 1979.  Since then I have run on
Ultimates, IBM under VM, all types of PRIME boxes and now on a DG AVIION box
using UNIVERSE.  I also have worked extensively on VAXes converting FORTRAN
from CDC and IBM mainframes for Engineering codes.

My wife will be finishing up her degree in May, 93 and I want to find a
position by then.  I currently am finishing up a 5 (yes 5) year contract with
Texas Utilities during which I have done everything from management to
telecommunications.

If anyone knows of a position, please contact me via E-Mail or call me at
817-897-6982.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.prime
From: steveg@sdf.lonestar.org (Steve Goss)
Subject: ZMODEM on 50 series
Organization: sdf full-shell Public Access Unix - Dallas, TX - 214/436-3281
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 14:55:14 GMT

Does anyone know if the Zmodem protocol has been implemented on Prime 50 series
machines?  We have it on our PC's, we even have it with Omen technologies 
source on our unix boxes, but not on our Prime.  I tried compiling the unix 
source on the Prime, but the header files (includes, inserts, whatever) do
not match between the two and I got hopelessly confused.  (I'm an Info Basic
programmer, not a C programmer.)  If someone could tell me where to get a 
compiled version, or help an Info Basic programmer port C code, I would be 
greatly appreciative.

Thanks in advance, Steve Goss     steveg@sdf.lonestar.org
From: R.KITTREDGE@md-b.prime.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.prime
Subject: re: "Who's on first?"
Date: 7 Nov 92 01:19:08 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.9211070125.AA00854
Reply-To: Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM

I must have lost it, I do not have the load sequence and am getting undefined
symbolas.

Roland
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From: JOHNK@FAPSYS.Prime.COM (J. D. King, Switzerland CH-1-434-2206)
Subject: Re: PC Accounting Package
Reply-To: Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 11:32:16 GMT

Thanks for your suggestion, Keith. I will give them a call.

best wishes, John
Newsgroups: comp.sys.prime
From: R.KITTREDGE@MD-B.Prime.COM (Roland Kittredge - Marketing 508-620-2800 x4666)
Subject: EXECUTABLE LIST_PARTS
Reply-To: Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 18:37:48 GMT

Y'all,

For those of you who do not a compiler to compile Lee Burn's program of
LIST_PARTS, I have compoiled it and will send it to you via email. All you
have to dom is ask.

R.KITTREDGE@MD-B.PRIME.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.prime
From: TOBEY%BARRYU.BITNET@CORNELLC.cit.cornell.edu (News from Gary@Barry)
Subject: Re: Async cables for modems
Reply-To: Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 21:17:01 GMT

   There are two flavors of Prime Async cables.  One is a 6124 which
doesn't deal with the signals you need.  The other cable is a 6109 which
does.
   If you already have the correct cables, maybe the problem is one I rans
into in my set.async file.
   If you have a -DEFAULT  directive in the set_async command, it will
override the DISLOG directive in the CONFIG.DATA file used at startup.
   If you put the -DISLOG the -DEFAULT, it should work.
   Check the status of your line settings by using SET_ASYNC -LINE XX
   -DISPLAY see what the setting realy is.
Good Luck
  Gary Tobey
From: GOLDSTEIN@CSSS-A.Prime.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.prime
Subject: Re: CPU Code Name
Date: 5 Nov 92 16:00:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.9211051614.AA06199
Reply-To: Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM

To:       Info-Prime mail list (info-prime@blx-a)
From:     D. Miles Goldstein (Goldstein@Csss-A)
Date:     05 Nov 92  10:58 AM
Subject:  Re: CPU Code Name

> The two machines that leap to mind that I haven't seen are:
>
> Alvin - 2850, a 4050 in a vertical cabinet (sort of a fat 2450).
> Simon - 2950, a 4150 in a vertical cabinet.
> I've never heard of a Theodore going out.
> --
> Don Koch
> aardvark@nt1l.krl.com

I was looking for references to those in the source, but
they seem to have disappeared!  I remembered all three
code-names; wasn't the basic cabinet the "Chipmunk", and
thus the series of names ...?
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From: R.KITTREDGE@MD-B.Prime.COM (Roland Kittredge - Marketing 508-620-2800 x4666)
Subject: NORTHERN CALIF PI USER GROUP MEETING
Reply-To: Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 16:36:24 GMT

        NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PRIME INFORMATION USERS GROUP

The next meeting of the Northern California Prime Information
Users Group will be held Wednesday, November 18, 1992 at noon.
The meeting will take place at the Dunfey Hotel, 1770 S. Amphlett
Boulevard, San Mateo, CA. The hotels phone number is (415)573-
7661.

There will be no charge for attending this meeting and the Topic
up for discussion will be: The Future of NCPIUG.

The Board will be discussing whether to disband the organization,
and if so what to do with the treasury. Any members who cannot
make the meeting are welcome to send their comments to:

George Gipe - President
702 Marshal Street, Suite 520
Redwood City, CA 94063
Newsgroups: comp.sys.prime
From: DAVE@prime.delta.edu
Subject: re: Build sequence for list_prts
Reply-To: Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 17:29:06 GMT

BIND! That makes sense! I knew I was forgetting something! Anyway, your
internet address on compuserve should be: 70604.2163@compuserve.com

Dave Kasper ... dave@prime.delta.edu
From: gd@gehenna.sw.stratus.com (Greg Dawe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.prime
Subject: Re: CPU Code Name
Date: 5 Nov 92 18:06:11 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Software Engineering

In article <9211051614.AA06199@usenet.rpi.edu> Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM writes:
>
>> The two machines that leap to mind that I haven't seen are:
>>
>> Alvin - 2850, a 4050 in a vertical cabinet (sort of a fat 2450).
>> Simon - 2950, a 4150 in a vertical cabinet.
>> I've never heard of a Theodore going out.
>> --
>> Don Koch
>> aardvark@nt1l.krl.com
>
>I was looking for references to those in the source, but
>they seem to have disappeared!  I remembered all three
>code-names; wasn't the basic cabinet the "Chipmunk", and
>thus the series of names ...?

The P2850 and P2950 were simply a P4050 or P4150 without the attached
peripheral cabinet (which was used to house a PUFFER (kennedy?) tape
drive and a couple of SMD disks (usually PICKERALs or BELUGAs).  The
P2850 and P2950 had SCSI storage peripherals that were worked into the
main cabinet near the top.  How's that for slinging around a few
code names? :-)

-- 
Greg Dawe                        | Disclaimer: I don't speak for my employer,
Voice : (508)-490-6666           |             nor they for me...
e-mail: Greg_Dawe@vos.stratus.com|            
Newsgroups: comp.sys.prime
From: DAVE@prime.delta.edu
Subject: re: ZMODEM on 50 series
Reply-To: Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 12:57:49 GMT

Ok, I'm here... The name of the place is:

Pulsar Systems Inc.
1359 Littleton Rd
Morris Plains, NJ 07950-3034

Ph # (201)285-5010

Beware, the tape is an extremely full 6" reel that would not, could not
be loaded by the streamer drive on our 5370. (You may want to ask for a
different size if you have that drive.)

Later...

Dave Kasper ... DAVE@prime.delta.edu

PS: Thanks Lee for the tip. Once I got in, the tape was right sitting right
in front of me.

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From: J.BUSH@MD-B.Prime.COM (John Bush, PrimeService +1 508-620-2800 Voice x7068 Fax x5744)
Subject: Re: "Who's on first?"
Reply-To: Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 18:12:04 GMT

Richard Maurer wrote,
> I would be glad to sent you the executable, if you would give me a
> clue as to how to "fs-encode" it.

  FS Encoding is a "Prime Proprietery" encoding of binary files, for
  users of PDNMail, TCP/IP Mail, and PRIMAILPLUS.  I don't know if the
  format has been published externally, or available elsewhere.

  When the sender and recipient both don't have 50-series machines
  running those packages, I would suggest using the "fairly standard"
  utilities, such as TAR, COMPRESS, and UUENCODE instead.  That way,
  files and directories can be exchanged between dissimilar systems
  like 50-series and NeXT.

  The last time I checked, 50-series versions of TAR and COMPRESS are
  available via anonymous FTP from LYSATOR.LIU.SE (120.236.254.13),
  courtesy of Peter Erikson, and UUENCODE/UUDECODE is available on
  TURBO.KEAN.EDU (address?). These sites are listed in the Info-Prime
  Resource Guide that gets posted every once in a while. (sorry I forgot
  TURBO.KEAN's address and don't have a copy online).

Regards,
John
Newsgroups: comp.sys.prime
From: S.ALM@ENE.Prime.COM
Subject: (none)
Reply-To: Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 15:21:30 GMT

Subject: Daylight saving time
From:    Steve Almquist System Engineering (S.ALM@ENE.Prime.COM)
To:      Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM  (Lack Mr G M <gml4410@ggr.co.uk>)

Re:     <9211021821.AA00469@uk0x06.ggr.co.uk>

Reply-To: Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM

The "-D" option in the VCPs setime command was just a mechanism to address
the daylight savings option of the clock chip used that is used in the
VCP. Unfortunately that chip was designed for the old daylight savings
time standard as it use to be in the US (advance one hour at 2:00 am the
LAST sunday in April and go back one hour at 2:00 am the last sunday in
October). That standard, which was put in silicon, was no longer valid in
the US when VCP-V was released. When software sets the VCP clock it sends
8 bytes of data. The 8th byte is a status byte. The software sends zeros
to suppress daylight savings time but in fact the zeros actually enable
daylight savings time. Please excuse the late response but I have been
trying to confirm this in practice by duplicating the failure that was
described. I was not able to get the VCP clock to go back two hours
as was described but I suspect that the skew between the VCP clock and
the Primos clock has something to do with that. Not everyone will see
that extra hour of setback.

This discussion is actually rather mute. After the subject surfaced
last April I removed all Daylight
Savings Time functions in the diagnostic processor code in 4000
& 6000 microcode floppy disks. DIAGnostic_PROCessor code
Engineering Release Level 21 on the floppies was release last June.


                                  steve almquist
Newsgroups: comp.sys.prime
From: hunger@hitech.com (Henry Unger)
Subject: Async cables for modems
Reply-To: Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:08:52 GMT

You haven't indicated what type of modem you are using, but all
Hayes-compatible modems must be told to control the CD and DTR signals.
If this is not done, the Prime will not know that the carrier has been lost
and the modem will not know that the Prime wants it to hang up.
The cable should be wired straight through, 2-2, 3-3, 7-7, 8-8, 9-20.
A jumper may be required at the modem end for 4-5 (RTS/CTS), depending
on the modem.  Hope this helps.

Henry
Newsgroups: comp.sys.prime
From: JOHNK@FAPSYS.Prime.COM (J. D. King, Switzerland CH-1-434-2206)
Subject: Re: PC Accounting Package
Reply-To: Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 11:36:08 GMT

Sorry, second time I've made a personal reply, intended  for  one  person,  to
Info-Prime!  If  I  do it again shoot me down in flames ... or just file it in
the rubbish-bin alongside BLOCK(tm) etc.

John
Newsgroups: comp.sys.prime
From: ariel@world.std.com (Robert L Ullmann)
Subject: Re: "Who's on first?"
Organization: The World in Boston
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 21:38:06 GMT

FS(1) doesn't do any serious compression: it does do run-length
encoding, and zeros encode to spaces, and trailing spaces are
not sent, and assumed on decoding. This means that a block of
256 zero bytes, aligned on a multiple of 256, encodes to a very
short line (nnnffffa, for nnn the sequence number, if I remember
right.)

You might ask Prime if they will share out the source to the encoder;
it isn't like it is something of great commercial value. (and the hard
part isn't the bit coding, it is doing the treewalk through SEG-whatever
files :-)

Rob
--
Robert Ullmann		Ariel@World.STD.COM	+1 508 879 6994 x226
Quand Maigret poussa la porte du Tabac Fontaine, vers une heure et demie,
le patron du bar, qui venait de se lever, descendait lentement un escalier
en colimaon qui s'amorait dans l'arrire-salle. ... Arriv derrire le
comptoir, il repousa le garon d'un geste ngligent de la main, saisit
une bouteille de vin blanc, un verre, mlangea au vin de l'eau minrale et,
la tte renverse en arrire, se gargarisa.  -- Simenon

Newsgroups: comp.sys.prime
From: S89406316@HSE.NL (Jac Goudsmit)
Subject: Re: "Who's on first?"
Reply-To: Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 07:06:48 GMT

In message of 10 Nov 92 00:50:22 GMT, Robert L Ullmann said:
>Actually, FS encoding isn't "prime proprietary", it was from the very
>beginning designed to be an open standard, and some specs were circulated
>informally.

Is there any way to get these specs, then?
I would like to update "my" MAILER program with a built-in FS-encoder/decoder
(and UU-encoder/decoder), but I would need the PDNMAIL mail library for that.
Since the rest of the program doesn't use the library either, I'd like to
keep avoiding it.

>FS2 used LZ77/LZJU90 compression, so that the FS encoded file(s) ended
>up _smaller_ than the original in most cases.

Does "FS1" have compression as well? Or is it just a clever way to encode
binary data?

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From: J.BUSH@MD-B.Prime.COM (John Bush, PrimeService +1 508-620-2800 Voice x7068 Fax x5744)
Subject: Re: ZMODEM on 50 series
Reply-To: Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 17:37:20 GMT

Steve Goss asked,
> Does anyone know if the Zmodem protocol has been implemented on Prime 50 series
> machines?
> [...]
> Thanks in advance, Steve Goss     steveg@sdf.lonestar.org

  The following company sells XMODEM, YMODEM, ZMODEM, FAXMAN, CALLBACK,
  and DIALUP for 50-series:

     Pulsar Systems, Inc.
     1359 Littleton Road
     Morris Plains, NJ  07950  USA

     Voice: +1 (201) 285-5010
       Fax: +1 (201) 539-3190

-John Bush
Newsgroups: comp.sys.prime
From: aardvark@nt1l.krl.com (Donald Koch)
Subject: Re: CPU Code Name
Organization: Koch Research Labs
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1992 04:13:29 GMT

In article <7766@transfer.stratus.com>, gd@blublaze.sw.stratus.com (Greg Dawe) writes:
[...]
> Don Koch had it right: the P9955 was the WOMBAT, and the P9955II was the
> Penguin.
Accidents will happen :-)
> P4450  : PIP (aka "PENGUIN in a POSSUM", was a P9955II CPU set packaged in
>               a modified POSSUM chassis)
I had wondered where they had gotten that name.

In article <9210311615.AA17087@usenet.rpi.edu>, ANDYG@ENS.Prime.COM (Andy Griffith) writes:
> It's a shame there wasn't an aardvark CPU :-)
Because DG already took the name. (*sigh*)

The two machines that leap to mind that I haven't seen are:

Alvin - 2850, a 4050 in a vertical cabinet (sort of a fat 2450).
Simon - 2950, a 4150 in a vertical cabinet.
I've never heard of a Theodore going out.
-- 
Don Koch
aardvark@nt1l.krl.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.prime
From: 70604.2163@CompuServe.COM (Lee Burns)
Subject: Build sequence for list_prts
Reply-To: Info-Prime@Blx-A.Prime.COM
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 15:48:24 GMT

Here's a command sequence which will compile & link the program
I previously supplied.  If you called the source fle list_prts.ftn
then this will work famously otherwise change names as needed.

ftn list_prts -dynm
bind list_prts.run -lo =.bin -li -dynt -all -compress
delete list_prts.bin

I subscribe to info-prime for short periods of time only to hold the
message traffic down.  If anyone has questions regarding this program
or performance related questions they can get me directly at my
compuserve address: 70604.2163.compuserve.com (I hope that's the right
format!).

Regards & happy tuning!

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