HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: ratlifc@prometheus.stu.rpi.edu (Christian A. Ratliff)
Subject: Re: Questions about Fujitsu drives
Reply-To: ratlifc@eclipse.its.rpi.edu
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 07:42:16 GMT

In article <1992Apr16.222808.24470@cs.ubc.ca> sritchie@cs.ubc.ca (Stuart  
Ritchie) writes:
}In article <2541@creatures.cs.vt.edu> alanlb@cs.vt.edu writes:
}>3) Are the 5.25" full-height externals *really* noisy (my second choice
}>   is the ~660MB model), e.g. would you go nuts in a quiet apartment
}>   bedroom?  I once tried out a pre-production Seagate 1480N and it  
whined
}>   at such a high pitch I made me nauseous.
}
}From what I have heard, yes, they are quite noisy.  But only when
}seeking.  It's hard to describe exactly how noisy we're talking about,
}but I would never want one in my room.
}

  I have that drive on my NeXT Station and personally I purchased it  
because it makes a very nice clicking noise while it seeks. I haven't  
noticed anything remotely similar to a whine, which I hate in a drive.  
However, I can tell when users come on and off the machine and what kinds  
of operations they are conduction by the drive sounds, which I find very  
pleasant. I really wanted a Box Hill though (Sun people will understand).

--------
Christian A. Ratliff               Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
ratlic@rpi.edu                     113 9th St.  Troy, NY 12180
atlifc@eclipse.its.rpi.edu        <NeXT Mail Accepted at all addresses>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: mahilata@vogon.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (Earthworm society)
Subject: Re: Help! Cannot run NewsGrazer
Organization: MatLab, University Heidelberg
Date: 15 Apr 92 07:43:54

gnus and trn do work under the new conditions..

--mahilata
From: rjv21207@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu (Randy Vose)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: New Slogan?
Date: 15 Apr 92 20:01:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.1992Apr15.200111.3593
Reply-To: vose@ibma0.cs.uiuc.edu
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

David V. Wallace writes
> I heard a talk from Chairman Steve recently, in which he said that
> Windows was the real target of NeXTStep x86.  Which suggests to me the
> following slogan:
> 
> 		   NeXTStep: Curtains for Windows!

Actually, I think Apple's new slogan, "It's the next thing..." is kind of  
interesting.  Don't you think they actually mean "It's the NeXT thing" (that's  
got them scurrying to make better equipment?) :) :) 

Just a thought...

Randy Vose
University of Illinois
Urbana/Champaign
Internet: vose@ibma0.cs.uiuc.edu
NeXTMail: rjv21207@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: timm@void.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Tim McClarren)
Subject: Re: wanted: disk enclosure and cables
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 15:53:04 GMT

bhead@hfs.questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Bradley Head) writes:

>Peter Rayner writes
>> Ok, well I now have a bare disk,thanks to the net and some patience.
>> Now I need an enclosure and cables for the thing.  These seem
>> surprisingly expensive, $200-300 for single-disk enclosures.  Has
>> anybody done significantly better than this?  I am literally immune to
>> aesthetics which should help.  

>I bought an enclosure from Tulin Corp.  Very nice. Here's the details

>Tulin Corp, San Jose, CA
>(408) 432-9025  Fax:(408) 943-0782

>Part No. TLSC651     65 Watt A-Hive  (holds one full-ht, or two half ht)
>                     $169.00

>I painted it black and it looks great and is quite quiet.

Or you could buy an AT "baby" case NEW for around $65 that has a 200W
power supply and room for 2 or 3 5.25" devices and a 3.5" deviced and
maybe a '486 (running NeXTStep '486, if ya so desire).
Check out Computer Shopper...

-- 
Tim McClarren     | "I see the pestilence outside my window
NCSA/STG@UIUC     |  I see the dung heaps piled at least a mile high
timm@ncsa.uiuc.edu|  I see the shards of shattered dreams in the street
(217)244-0015     |  I face the morning with my customary sigh" --  Fishbone
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From: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette)
Subject: Re: Is the NeXTStation Turbo vertically disadvantaged?
Reply-To: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu
Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 16:21:55 GMT

In article <9APR199221530916@mpx2.lampf.lanl.gov> silbar@mpx2.lampf.lanl.gov  
(Dick Silbar) writes:
> 
> Then my friend Paul wandered by and he said, "Gee, I'm not sure I'd leave
> that thing standing up that way..."  He didn't explain why.

Perhaps you could order the NeXTcube cable, which is much longer then
the short NeXTstation cable, and store the station nearby.

--
Nathan Janette		"I'm a NeXTstep man,
Dept MB&B, Yale Univ	 I'm a NeXTcube guy"
New Haven, CT
nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (NeXT)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer
From: remy@asterix.cs.uoregon.edu (Remy Evard)
Subject: Re: Files in my home directory, and other ruminations
Organization: /home/systems/remy/.organization
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 02:15:44 GMT

jayson@asw.com (Jayson Adams) writes:
>I think this is exactly the problem Sam is talking about.  Why would  
>someone in expert mode want to see a bunch of %$&# dot files in their home  
>folder?  Sam has the right idea:  create the folder ~/Library/AppName and  
>place whatever crud your app needs to run in there.  A dot file in a  
>user's Library folder is at least better than a dot file in a home folder  
>(most people don't go to their Library folders very much, but they do go  
>to their home a hell of a lot).
 
Why not let the user decide?  Imo, the only thing worse than seeing new
dot files appear in my home directory is seeing new directories
(like Library/foo) appear.  I'd like to be able to decide to put
all these NeXT configuration things into ~/NeXT/Configs, or whatever.
 
It seems like this would be possible to do using the the NeXT defaults.
If there were a global default named (for example) NXConfigDir that apps
could read to find out where to dump their files, then users could
modify it to suit their tastes (either using dwrite or a modified 
Preferences).
 
If a central default is too much to hope for, then applications, or 
groups of applications, could do this themselves.  For example, instead
of using .RightBrain, there could be a default named RightBrainDirectory 
that all RightBrain software could access.  Presumably this would
accessible via the Preferences panel in each app.
 
Not having actually tried this, I'm not sure if it's possible, but
it does seem like the right approach.
 
 -r'm
 
...........................................................................
Re'my Evard     remy@cs.uoregon.edu      Systems Staff & Research Assistant
From: scott@nic.gac.edu (Scott Hess)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: NeXTStep 486 should cost $250
Date: 11 Apr 92 07:44:49 GMT
Organization: Gustavus Adolphus College

In article <44825@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B) writes:
>In article <3526@rosie.NeXT.COM> Lyle_Scheer@NeXT.com (Lyle Scheer) writes:
>> Um... Gee, I don't think $250 would cover the royalties that NeXT pays for  
>> using such things as:  Unix....
>
>Considering (a) UNIX is free for i386/i486 machines now,
>that part of the royalties might go away in a year or two. 
>I'll admit 386bsd is buggy and short on features, but
>we've been working with it here and think it'll be up to
>snuff in a few months.  It'll probably be up to "End User"
>quality inside of 2 years.  

In fact, if companies were to get together and improve the public
version, it could be "End User" much much sooner than "inside of 2
years".  Of course, the chances of this happening are "inside of 1%"
:-).  I suspect what will happen is that most companies will take
advantage of the situation by snarfing a public version, fixing
the bugs and adding their mods, and turn around and sell the balance
for lots of money ... the absence of royalties should decrease the
price by, oh, $25.  :-(. 

Later,
--
scott hess <scott@gac.edu>   <A GUI is to a command-line as a TV is to a book>
12901 Upton Avenue South, #326  Burnsville, MN  55337  (612) 895-1208 Anytime!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
Subject: Re: NeXT used in Def Leppard video?
Organization: Penn State Computer Science
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 05:42:40 GMT


In article <s0d56INNq20@agate.berkeley.edu> et@ocf.berkeley.edu (Eric Thompson) writes:

   Def Leppard has a new video, "Let's Get Rocked," and it contains a
   bunch of 3-d type animation.  They have what look like animated
   shots of a computer screen.. which looks NeXT-ish.  (I don't have
   mine yet, so I can't compare.)  They open some windows ("Virtual
   Audio"?) and stick some boxes together with lines (IB?).. well
   anyway.

Looked like an SGI to me.

In this weeks issue of Business Week, the article on DSPs has a
picture of a NeXT.  However, NeXT is never mentioned and the computer
itsef is referred to as a PC.

-Mike
From: mdw@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (mark.d.wuest)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Exception #2 (0x0) at 0x10037d4
Date: 8 Apr 92 21:05:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbfsb.1992Apr8.210519.4710
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T


I just replaced the 8 1 mb simms in my Cube with 4 4 mb parity
simms. When I power on, I get the ROM Monitor with the following message:

Exception #2 (0x0) at 0x10037d4

Before I give up and put the old simms in, can anybody tell me what I am
doing wrong? 

Thanks in advance!

Mark Wuest
mark.wuest@att.com
mdw@trumpet.att.com
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From: spagiola@amy5.stanford.edu (Stefano P. Pagiola)
Subject: Re: Top 10 reasons why you should buy a NeXT instead of an automobile
Organization: DSG, Stanford University
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 16:25:50 GMT

Gerardo Cisneros writes
> > > Top 10 reasons why you should buy a NeXT instead of an automobile
> > >  6. Exhaust isn't fatal
> > If you consider radiation to be "exhaust" this could be debateable...  
> :-)
> Not much to debate, I think:
> 	a) Work in a closed office for 8 hours with a NeXT running.
> 	b) Work in a closed garage for 8 hours with an automobile running.
> Which one is more likely to be fatal?

The real issue is: Would 
	c) Work in a closed office for 8 hours with a PC/Windows running
rank above or below (b)?

--
-
Stefano Pagiola
Food Research Institute, Stanford University
spagiola@leland.stanford.edu (NeXTMail encouraged)
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From: bacchus!eric (Eric Bloom)
Subject: PixelMagician ships !!!
Keywords: Graphics Viewing Converting
Reply-To: eric@bacchus.com
Organization: Bacchus, Inc.
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 19:53:57 GMT


			     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

						For more information, contact:
						Errol Ginsberg
						Telephone: 310/820-9145
						E-mail: info@bacchus.com



		A Universal Picture File Viewer and Translator
			      for NeXT Computers


Santa Monica, CA - April 13, 1992 - Bacchus, Inc. ships version 1.0 of Pixel
Magician, a universal picture file viewer and translator for NeXT computers
that allows users to view, import, export and manipulate a wide variety of
image files.

Pixel Magician is the first product on the NeXT platform that lets you view
non-native graphics files, import them and treat them as if created directly on
the NeXT computer.  NeXT users will be able to seamlessly import images from
platforms such as the IBM PC and Macintosh through the NeXT Services menu into
page layout, word processing, drawing, painting and imaging applications.

The Convert Window allows you to quickly browse or view any picture and convert
entire directories by simply dragging and dropping.  The Image and Scaling
Inspectors give precise control of color space, palette selections, bit depth,
dithering method and dimensions of each image.

Pixel Magician also allows NeXT users to export images from NeXT to other
platforms in the appropriate file format, color map and bit depth.

File formats supported: TIFF (B&W, Grayscale, Paletted, RGB), EPS, PICT/PICT II
(Raster only), JPEG, Targa, PCX, Windows 3.0 BMP, Sun Raster, GIF, IFF/ILBM,
MacPaint and others.  Additional features include precise scaling and rotating,
duplicate, error diffusion dithering, grayscale support, screen grabbing,
multiple bit depths, drag/drop, mini-window thumbnails.

"Pixel Magician opens up nearly the entire existing world of graphics files to
NeXT users," said Donna Simonides, Director, developer partnerships for NeXT
Computer, Inc.  "At the same time, it makes NeXT's strong publishing and
graphics arts advantages accessible to a wider slice of the graphic arts
community.  It's a great example of how the right applications on the right
platform can enhance group productivity."

Pixel Magician has a suggested retail price of $299 and is available directly
from Bacchus and through authorized NeXT distributors, VAR's and dealers.  Free
demo disks are available immediately from Bacchus.

Bacchus, Inc., founded in 1985 and based in Santa Monica, CA, specializes in
the development of graphics and communications software tools for DOS and UNIX
Workstations.


****


Pixel Magician is a trademark of Bacchus, Inc.  NeXT is a trademark of NeXT
Computer, Inc.  All other brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks
of their respective owners.
From: andrew@cubetech.com (Andrew Loewenstern)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Driver for HP IIc?
Date: 8 Apr 92 15:57:21 GMT
Reply-To: andrew@cubetech.com

Does anyone make a scanner driver for the HP IIc scanner?

thanks,
andrew
-- 
andrew@cubetech.com
Andrew Loewenstern            |  "listen: there's a hell of a good universe
Cube Technologies, Inc.       |   next door; let's go." --- e.e. cummings
From: roy@adeptsln.cts.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: Driver for HP IIc?
Date: 16 Apr 92 06:32:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: adeptsln.1992Apr16.063237.2245
Reply-To: roy@adeptsln.cts.com
Organization: Adept Solutions

In article <1992Apr8.155721.24635@cubetech.com> andrew@cubetech.com (Andrew  
Loewenstern) writes:
> Does anyone make a scanner driver for the HP IIc scanner?
> 
> thanks,
> andrew
> -- 
> andrew@cubetech.com
> Andrew Loewenstern            |  "listen: there's a hell of a good universe
> Cube Technologies, Inc.       |   next door; let's go." --- e.e. cummings

Second Glance is shipping a version of ScanTastic that drives the HP ScanJetIIc  
scanner.  Their number is (714) 855-2331.
-- 
Roy Lovejoy      | internet:  roy@adeptsln.cts.com
Head RGB Guy     | AppleLink: adept
Adept Solutions  | CIS:       72447,1447
.................| dual certified developer: NeXT & Apple ;)
From: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: Cool .dir.tiff/.opendir.tiff (small RTF)
Date: 9 Apr 92 20:07:38 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Apr9.200738.18240
Reply-To: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu
Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT

In article <1992Apr9.192303.1809@newshost.lanl.gov> tms@twins.lanl.gov (Todd M.  
Swan) writes:

Neat TIFFs.  Isn't the preferred method of distributing such things
though the ftp archives, though...

--
Nathan Janette		"I'm a NeXTstep man,
Dept MB&B, Yale Univ	 I'm a NeXTcube guy"
New Haven, CT
nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (NeXT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: gumby@Cygnus.COM (David V. Wallace)
Subject: New Slogan?
Organization: Cygnus Support, Palo Alto, California
Date: 15 Apr 92 07:28:00

I heard a talk from Chairman Steve recently, in which he said that
Windows was the real target of NeXTStep x86.  Which suggests to me the
following slogan:

		   NeXTStep: Curtains for Windows!
From: yu@cs.utexas.edu (Yeong-Ho Yu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Making RTF file from WriteNow
Date: 6 Apr 1992 09:01:01 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
Reply-To: yu@pgate.boeing.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: ai.cs.utexas.edu
Keywords: rtf, writenow

I am trying to create a RTF file using bundled WriteNow.
I created a test document with a couple of fonts and three
different font sizes, saved it in RT format.
However, when I opened it using Edit, all the fonts information
and sizes were gone and all the text showed up in Courier font and
only one size.

Am I missing something here?

Please send any suggestions to yu@pgate.boeing.com.
Many thanks in advance.

Yeong
------


Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: tlm@nextasy (Thomas Marchioro)
Subject: Re: Mathematica Problems
Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 18:40:03 GMT

root@iguwnext.tuwien.ac.at (Peter Purgathofer) writes:
: We have a copy of Mathematica and we cant bring it to work. 
: 
: Version is
: "NeXT Release 2.1
: Mathematica 2.0
: Front End Version 2.0
: June 1991"
: 
: It just doesnt work. You type in a formula (eg. sin(x)) and it starts working,  
: rotating the little Harddisk-Cursor and never coming back. We are quite trained  
: in using Mathematica on a Mac, and we tried to make it just the way we used to
: Are there known problems of certain versions? Is it wrong installed? Do i have  
: to change some settings?
: Thanx in advance


When you say "You type in a formula" [if you're well trained in Mathematica on
the Mac then you obviously typed Sin[x] not sin(x)] and say that you get the
spinning cursor that implies the front end will launch but the kernel will
not access properly. This is *most likely* (but not certainly) because
you failed to remove all of the old Mathematica 1.2 files when you upgraded
to 2.0.  If any Mathematica files are left in /NextApps or /Nextlibrary
remove them and re-install Mma 2.0.  This can also happen if you use the
"Gourmet.fix" trick I've posted a few times (ie making dummy directories
in /NextApps and which you link to the new ones) but upgrade without
removing those directories first.  If you can launch the front end then 
Mathematica is in the path, but if you can't evaluate anything it means
its not finding the kernel. The spinning disc probably means it's in a 
search which will not terminate, ie it doesn't look for hte kernel in some
directory, not find it, and give you an error message, so it's in a 
recusive call. Remove all the old (1.2) stuff and re-install.

Tom
From: glenn@rightbrain.com (Glenn Reid)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: NeXTstep metion in PC Magazine.
Date: 11 Apr 92 07:50:49 GMT
Reply-To: glenn@rightbrain.com

Bradley Head writes
> Larry Cordner writes
> >     "Another Unix-related contender is the NeXTstep 486, from NeXT.  Built
> >     on the Macintosh [sic] operating system kernel, the object-oriented
>              ^^^^^^^^^
> 	Unbelievable. PC Mag has their head so far up Gate's ass they can't  
> even get a quote right.

It occurred to me, after you mentioned that they didn't get the quote
right, that they probably said "Mach" and the writer didn't know anything
about it, so he/she heard "Mac" instead.  Wrong, of course, but a little
bit more understandable.  If you read the sentence above with "Mac"
instead of "Macintosh", then substitute "Mach", it sort of makes sense
how it could get so screwed up.

--
 Glenn Reid        		NeXTmail: glenn@rightbrain.com
 RightBrain Software		415-326-2974 (NeXTfax 326-2977)
 Palo Alto, California		Font Hotline: 800-525-FONT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: tlm@nextasy (Tom Marchioro)
Subject: Re: Mathematica 2.0 -> 2.* to fix memory bugs?
Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 13:29:00 GMT

barry@arnold.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman) writes:
: I thought I heard that there is a Mathematica Version 2.0.1
: or some such for the NeXT, that fixes some memory management bugs 
: in the 2.0, and that this was a free upgrade. Is this true?
: 
: 
: 
: --
: Barry Merriman
: UCLA Dept. of Math
: UCLA Inst. for Fusion and Plasma Research
: barry@math.ucla.edu (Internet; NeXTMail is welcome)
: 
: 
It's 2.0.4.5 (Lord what a system! Good thing they can set arbitrary 
precision) and I received mine *free* after phoning WRI with what I thought
was a significant bug (turned out to be mainly a bug between my left ear and
my right one :-).  In fact, they told me it would get here in a week,and
when it was held up they shipped it by International FedEx, charging me not
one penny!  It's far superior, especially if you have an 8Mb machine because
of the "slim" kernel, and fixes lots of little bugs in the Help menus,
some in the integration routines, etc.  Bugs remain to be sure and it's
still possible, particularly when doing lots of postscript graphics stuff, 
to eat a Meg of disc a minute, but  definitely call for it and install it.
There has apparently been some confusion as to whether WRI will give this out
for free and I suggest you *firmly but politely* try to get ahold of someone
who understands that "yes, this one is free."  

Hope this is Helpful

Tom

Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
From: larry@netcom.com (Larry Cordner)
Subject: NeXTstep metion in PC Magazine.
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 02:19:42 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 


hi all,

excerpted from "32-Bit GUI Alternatives: No Contest", pg. 192, PC Magazine,
April 28, 1992.  (This is from a sidebar in a larger article about OS/2 2.0.)

    "Another Unix-related contender is the NeXTstep 486, from NeXT.  Built
    on the Macintosh [sic] operating system kernel, the object-oriented
    NeXTstep is an Intel architecture version of the much praised (if little
    bought) operating system developed for Steve Job's NeXT computers.
    NeXTstep will require an 80486 with 8MB to 16MB of RAM.  The user version
    will occupy 120MB of disk space; the developer version will need a whopping
    400MB."
    
    "What are the prospects for these and other Unix-related 32-bit GUI
    operating systems on the Intel desktop?  Probably no more than modest
    success.  All require system resources well beyond what OS/2 2.0 does.
    They even make Windows NT look like a comparative lightweight in that 
    regard.  None offers more than limited backward compatibility for DOS
    and Windows software.  All cost more than OS/2 2.0, and Windows NT is
    likely to be priced well below them, as well.  NeXTstep, for example,
    costs $995; OS/2 2.0 costs $195."
    
    "SCO's Open Desktop, SunSoft's Solaris 2.0, and NeXT's NeXTstep 486 will
    have some success, particularly in shops where Unix is already used in 
    one form or another.  They will probably enjoy success in vertical markets
    with custom applications; in fact, OS/2 2.0 will have to compete strongly
    with them for this market.  But between the system resource demands and
    the lack of mainstream applications, these 32-bit contenders have a way
    to go before they provide any serious competition."
    

DISCLAIMER: I love my NeXT.  I just wanted to see what you all would say
            about these comments, if anything.

larry cordner
From: bwebster@pages.com (Bruce F. Webster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: NeXT used in Def Leppard video?
Date: 9 Apr 92 14:36:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: pages.1992Apr9.143648.195
Reply-To: bwebster@pages.com
Organization: Banzai Research Institute

In article <#paHe+pl6@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)  
writes:
> 
> In this weeks issue of Business Week, the article on DSPs has a
> picture of a NeXT.  However, NeXT is never mentioned and the computer
> itsef is referred to as a PC.
> 

Yeah, I saw that and faxed off a letter to the editors of BW pointing out the  
omission. Pretty dumb to have a two-page articles on DSPs, have a photo of a  
NeXt, then not mention NeXT anywhere. ..bruce..

Bruce F. Webster
bwebster@pages.com
#import <pages/disclaimer.h>
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