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From: fihsu@athena.mit.edu (Hsu I-wei)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Face it, Amiga's are no good! [REDIRECT]
Date: 7 Apr 92 19:58:28 GMT
Article-I.D.: athena.1992Apr7.195828.2083
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

In article <1992Apr7.182238.5292@acsu.buffalo.edu> opnsmurf@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Da Smurf) writes:
>In article <1992Apr7.121925.1@wombat.newcastle.edu.au>, c9228224@wombat.newcastle.edu.au (McLeod) writes...
>`> 
>`>  Has anyone ever noticed how Amiganites seem to think that Amigas' are
>`>the best computers around, despite the fact that no self-respecting business
>`>would go near them? I mean, lets face it, Amiga's are nothing compared with
>`>MS-DOS machines. And, they never will be. Oh sure, they have such pretty 
>`>graphics, but that doesn't mean zip when it comes down to how good they are 
>`>to use, now does it?! So come on all you egotistical Amiga users. Get your
>`>heads out of the sand and face facts. Amigas' are nothing, they never will be
>`> and haven't a chance in hell at ever being any better then MS-DOS machines.
>`>  
>`>     Face facts, guys.
>`>         MR B.
>
>please move this to alt.stupidity... where it belongs.
>
>Jm.

I truly doubt that Mr. B believes what he posted.  He doesn't even use the word
PC; instead, he refers to them as _MS-DOS_ machines, as if he believes that
MS-DOS is the best thing about a PC.  In my opinion someone who truly believes
this would lack the mental capacity to post any article.  Therefore, I conclude
it was Mr. B's first attempt at a funny joke.  Btw, I'm not laughing.

Francis
From: Jamesh.Jarrett@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Jamesh Jarrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: AB20 closing?
Summary: Yes it is true.
Keywords: ab20, the end
Date: 8 Apr 92 16:36:59 GMT
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service

If you download the file README.SHUTDOWN in the root of AB20, you can
hear the whole story.

In Brief:
  April 13 - AB20 closed to uploads
  April 23 - AB20 closed for good

What site will be our preference now guys?

Tad has provided an invaluable service for the last few years!  
I wish to thank him profusely -- we all should!

Tad, good luck in the future, and I hope that we'll at least hear from
you at times -- here and elsewhere.

Thanks again,

Jim Jarrett
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From: eha@phoenix.oulu.fi (Esa Haapaniemi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: AmaxII HD Partition
Date: 7 Apr 92 05:52:24 GMT
Organization: University of Oulu, Finland

I have managed to install many A-MaxII's to different Amiga systems.
Some of them had troubles with HD, but all were solved after receiving
a new/upgraded driver free from the HD controllers manufacturer.
Those that are not always usable with A-MaxII drivers coming with the disk
are: A590
     A2091
     GVP Combo 22/33

( There are more, but those have I met...)

All of those ran just fine after installing another driver.amhd from
GVP of C=.

Esa Haapaniemi
University of Oulu
Department of Chemistry
Finland
Organization: Mythos/Xcalbrin Inc.
X-School: Penn State University
Date: Monday, 6 Apr 1992 03:38:52 EDT
From: Christopher M. Stoy <CMS129@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Old A1000 demos
Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.misc


In article <1992Apr2.171728.367@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>, jdickson@jato.jpl.nasa.gov
(Jeff Dickson) says:
>
>        I didn't retain the original message. Someone was asking of old
>A1000 demos. I think the robot city demo was called, "RoboCity". Anyhow,
>I still have Boing!. It will run under WB 1.3. The dealer originally
>gave it to me - so I guess it's ok to do the same. I may still have some
>of the others as well.
>
>jeff

Hey, do you have the old Juggler demo? How 'bout the bouncing ball?  I'd love
to see these demos (and any of the other old 1000 ones) but I can't find them
anywhere.  If it isn't illegal and you can, could someone uuencode these things
and mail them to me?

Thanks a bunch!

Chris "Slothman" Stoy    (o o)    | "Would we be so cavalier about
                          |=|     |  cutting down trees if they screamed?
INTERNET: stoy@endor.cs.psu.edu   |  We might, if they screamed all the
  E-Mail them here          |  time for no reason" Jack Handy
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: hessmann@unipas.fmi.uni-passau.de (Georg Hessmann)
Subject: Re: Suggestion for new AB20 equivalents
Organization: University of Passau, Germany
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 15:30:32 GMT

In article <2169@forty2.physik.unizh.ch> umueller@amiga.physik.unizh.ch (Urban D. Mueller) writes:
[...]
> 
>So here comes my proposal:
>1. There's not ONE /incoming/amiga site, but 3-4, one of them being
>   amiga.physik

Yes, together with 2) would this be great.

>2. The /incoming/amiga sites exchange the new files about twice a
>   day, I can write the scripts and programs necessary for that.

I think this is a *very* good idea!
If there are more incoming servers (at least on at every continent)
and the servers has always (nearly) the same contents, this
would save much network traffic!

E.g. it would be very nice to have an *active* mirror server in
germany. :-)
So everybody here can get all new/interesting things from germany
and don't have to go oversee.

>3. If enough people contribute for a new HD, amiga.physik will keep
>   all old files. Even if not, amiga.physik won't fill up like ab20;
>   I've got some auto-delete scripts which delete the oldest and 
>   least-downloaded files.
>4. A simple standard format for .readme files is established, similar
>   to that of mails. Keywords:
>   Short:    -> short description
>   Type:     -> type of file (e.g. util) = directory where to put it
>   Files:    -> files that belong to this .readme if more than one
>   Author:   -> author of program, might be auto-notified on upload
>   The .readme-body would be the long description. If people stick to
>   this format, ftp admins have a lot less work. Other fields might
>   be defined later.

Yes, a better mechanism to find the new *and* interesting things
would help a lot. But it must be easy and all 'uploaders' should
use it!
 
>Now all depends on you, ftp admins. amiga.physik can't take the whole
>burden, but if there are other sites to share it, all would be fine.
>So who's ftp admin and is prepared to set up his site similar to
>amiga.physik? We need at least one in America and another in Germany;
>Australia and Scandinavia would be nice, too. The more the better.

Yes! And all with active mirrowing.
So not only one server to upload, but every server mirrows the others
and every server will be mirrowed from the other servers.
So everyone has the *full* ab20 succesor near at home. :-)
 
>And how about you, users? There are various types of file lists and
>ftp site organizations, which one do you like best? That one will
>be adapted for all /incoming/amiga sites.
> 
> -U. Dominik Mueller  (ftp admin of amiga.physik.unizh.ch)
 
 	Georg.	(ftp admin of the unimportand server ftp.uni-passau.de :)


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From: jhawes@everest.srd.bt.co.uk (Jason Hawes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: LhA_e122.run on ab20 is bad
Date: 9 Apr 92 12:03:31 GMT
Reply-To: jhawes@everest.srd.bt.co.uk
Organization: British Telecom

From article <1992Apr8.184312.29587@newserve.cc.binghamton.edu>, by consp11@bingsuns (Brett Kessler):
> I just ftp'ed LhA_e122.run from ab20, put it onto an MS-DOS disk, and
> brought it to my Amiga.  I couldn't get it to extract itself - it kept
> giving me the GURU.  Thinking I may have had a disk error on the
> MS-DOS disk (or in the transfer), I used LhA on the Unix side, which
> came back with a corrupt archive.

A friend e-mailed me LhA_e122.run that he'd downloaded from ab20 and it
extracted fine for me ! Maybe something was having a bad day....I'd try
downloading it again. Has anyone else downloaded it successfully of not ???
From: johnv@acix.DIALix.oz.au (John Verhoeven)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Suggestion for new AB20 equivalents
Date: 9 Apr 92 11:45:28 GMT
Organization: Not an Organization
X-NewsSoftware: Amiga GRn V1.28 2/25/92 (Beta) by Mike Schwartz

In article <6APR199209472650@ucsvax.sdsu.edu> civir1070@ucsvax.sdsu.edu (FURRY R) writes:
>In article <dgold.0a1t@basso.actrix.gen.nz>, dgold@basso.actrix.gen.nz (Dale Gol writes...
>>Quoted from <1992Apr6.002740.8749@newshost.anu.edu.au> by markus@makara.mso.anu.edu.au (Markus Buchhorn):
>>> A BIG heartfelt THANK YOU to Tad for a great job of
>>> setting up ab20 and supporting it well.
>>
>>I'd like to second that.
>
>Yes, thanks much for allowing such an excellent and important site to exist.

I'll add my thanks as well for providing such an important resource for
the Amiga community.  My FTP activities (via mailserver) have almost
been exclusively drawn from material kept on this site.

>
>The groundwork is aready in place.  Ux1.cso.uiuc.edu and Grind.isca.uiowa.edu
>both have the (almost) complete fred fish collection.  Hubcap.clemson.edu
>has a nice collection of 3-D software/utilities, and I'm sure there are a few
>other sites that would be able to handle a small load of files...right?
>

Unfortunately 'Grind' don't seem to run the regular FTP type software.
I have never been able to retrieve stuff from them via the FTP
mailserver here in Australia.

Their is a site here in Australia, 'archie.au' which is also an archie
server and they were mirroring ab20.  I think that the mirror has
stopped a lot of stuff from being sent numerous times from the states.
I hope they decide to continue mirroring something with a reasonable
Amiga collection.

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From: vishart@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Joseph Hart)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: What is Cyberware ?
Date: 17 Apr 92 03:38:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


     I have seen mention of Cyberware on the net from time to
time.   I believe it has something to do with robotics, but
I am not sure.  Could anyone tell me anything about it ?
___________________________________________________________________
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From: cholt@catpan.UUCP (Charles Holt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Hardwired Blues
Date: 13 Apr 92 18:01:53 MDT
Organization: CATPAN BBS, Boulder CO (via C-Net Amiga)

   In response to your problems with the HardWired demo.  I ust got it myself, and was able to figure out what it means.  "THIS DEMO DOES NOT LIKE AXEL" means it is not accelerator compatible.  I turned off my accelerator, and it worked fine.  As for using SuperPAL, I use DEGRADER myself... it seems to be the only 2.0 compatible PAL booter that I have found.  
   The demo is great, but keeps dying in the same place on my machine.  Right with a chekcerboard and all.  The the music starts farging up, like a skipping record.  Hmm!

--- Via UCI v0.13 Beta (C-Net Amiga)

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From: dlarson@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dale Larson - Amiga Networking)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.unix
Subject: Re: tcp/ip
Date: 9 Apr 92 12:01:22 GMT
Reply-To: dlarson@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dale Larson - Amiga Networking)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Commodore, Amiga Networking Group, New Siberia Office

It sounds like you ought to be able to solve most of these problems by RTFM,
but I'm feeling generous this morning.

In article <1992Apr8.215154.6832@alw.nih.gov> rge@helix.nih.gov (roger erickson) writes:
>Can anyone help me with TCP/IP using the C= A2065 card?  In short, I've
>set it up and can log onto my local unix machine, but cannot ftp to or from
>my amiga.  From the unix end I get "Connection refused",

By default, the Amiga does not run servers.  Add the "servers" keyword to
your invocation of "inet:s/start-inet" and you should be able to FTP into
your Amiga.

> and from the Amiga
>end I get "Permission to access object denied".  Any helpful hints?

I'll bet that the message you are really getting is "netrc: Permission to
access object is denied."  This means that FTP can't find a netrc file to
use for you.  Ignore the message and provide a username and password for the
machine you are FTPing to.

>Also, while running the rloginvr prg I get the message
>"can't open setting file".  So far I haven't figured out where and how
>to remedy this.

Do you mean rloginvt?  If you can possibly avoid it, don't use it.  Use
rlogin and install the rlamiga termcap entry on your Un*x boxes.  If you can't
avoid it, ignore "can't open settings file" or select "save settings" from the
project menu to create a settings file.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: n8846069@henson.cc.wwu.edu (Barry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: AmaxII HD Partition
Date: 6 Apr 92 22:14:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: henson.1992Apr6.221440.5838
Organization: Western Washington University

dtiberio@csws7.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes:

>	I have the same problem with my A3000. 

Works fine on my A3000!  I am using v2.0 by the way.

-Barry
From: Les_Jenkins@lppl.mi.org (Les Jenkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Considering switching to IBM
Date: 7 Apr 92 20:58:56 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Les's Place BBS

In a message dated Mon  6 Apr 92 02:00, Ggg@kepler.unh.edu (gregory G Green
wrote:

 GGG>  I must be the luckiest PC clone user in the world, my system hardly
 GGG>   ever crashes.  Granted in doesn't have a lot of extra cards in it,
 GGG> but its very stable.  I've got a SVGA card, Sound Card, and modem in
it
 GGG> now, and I never had any problems setting them up or maintaining
them. 
 GGG> Maybe this has more to do with your IBM buddies buying crappy PC
clones. 
By the same standard, my Amiga hardly ever crashes. I've got a SCSI
controller card and a 2 meg RAM expansion for 3 Megs total and oddly
enough, my system is pretty stable too considering the high amount of
multitasking I do. So, now the big question, whats your point?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.datacom
From: cstuckless@kean.ucs.mun.ca
Subject: Re: Fortran Compiler
Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 00:55:05 GMT

In article <1992Apr09.073235.20573@public.sub.org>, peterk@public.sub.org (Peter Kittel) writes:
> hoffmann@pandanus.cs.ntu.edu.au (Arthur Hoffmann) writes:
> 
>>Does anyone know if there is any PD or shareware Fortran Compiler around? 
>>Could be for an IBM, Amiga or even Macintosh, my Amiga swallows anything.
> 
> No, I only know about the commercial product "AC/Fortran" by Absoft.
> But look around the Fish disks, perhaps there's more than I'm aware
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> of in the moment.

   Good advice Dr. Kittel, as there is indeed a Fortran Compiler on the 
Fish Disks. I believe it's called BCF Fortran and somewhere in the 
300-400 range in the Fish disks.


> Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to  \\  Only my personal opinions... 
> Commodore Frankfurt, Germany  \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
-- 
  
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FutureVision Ltd          \  platform is the mind's ability to invent 
CStuckless@kean.ucs.mun.ca \  creative new applications for the system
From: jhawes@everest.srd.bt.co.uk (Jason Hawes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: .5 meg chip degrader?
Date: 6 Apr 92 09:33:08 GMT
Reply-To: jhawes@everest.srd.bt.co.uk
Organization: British Telecom

From article <43725@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, by stacysm@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Steve Stacy):
> I am looking for a program to degrade my 1meg of chip ram to
> .5. Is there such a program and where can I get it?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Heath Doerr
> Email : stacysm@sage.cc.purude.edu

I've got a hardware mod on my A500Plus that allows me to switch between .5Mb chip
and 2Mb chip,   interested ??

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: matt@gbrmpa.gov.au (Matt Crowd)
Subject: SID v2 is a time bomb
Organization: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 00:30:55 GMT

I hope that all the people using this program are mailing off
bug reports, this program GURU'd my machine twice in 1/2 hour.

Using the external programs for unarcing a lha file caused the
reminiscent "black scree/GURU" to re-surface.

It's too bug ridden to be of any use, I'm still using 1.06!!

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From: linton@bbs.orion.bison.mb.ca (Michael Linton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: OL-400 driver!
Date: 9 Apr 92 07:22:47 GMT
Organization: The Orion Unix System [A/UX 2.0.1], Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Hello... I've posted a similar message in that Amiga Hardware newsgroup too, 
sorry if you've read this.  Anyway, I'm (well a friend of mine), is in 
dire need of a driver for the Oki Data OL-400 printer.  If someone has the 
said driver, could they PLEASE E-Mail it to me?!  I would Really appreciate 
it.  Thank you very much.
 

--
linton@bbs.orion.bison.mb.ca (Michael Linton)
The Orion Unix System [A/UX 2.0.1], Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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From: sticht@edith.deg.sub.org (Stefan Sticht)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: IBM compatibility; I have an idea !!!
Date: 14 Apr 92 21:07:57 MET
Organization: private

In article <mac1.703141950@Ra.MsState.Edu> mac1@Ra.MsState.Edu (Mubashir Cheema) writes:
>
>   I wonder why didn't it strike anybody else  (i.e: The idea )
>   So they came up with a 386-SX Bridgeboard in 1992  (at least in Germany)
>   The wonderfull long due toy has
>
>  1. No SVGA/VGA or even EGA support
>  2. No high density drives come with it (Thats what I hear)
>  3. Price > US $800.00

Price here in germany is ~ DM 1000.- (~~ US$ 600).

Greetings, Stefan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: atul@Cadence.COM (Atul Srinivasan)
Subject: AdSpeed Reviews
Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 05:16:37 GMT

Hello,
	Title says it all. I'm sure its old news,
so please email. Looking for info on
- ease of installation
- reliability
- any software that will not run
- any incompatibility with other hardware
(there is some incompatibility with old GVP cards,
anyone with info on this please share)
- performance (speed)

Thanks
Atul
atul@cadence.com

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: elauren@hubcap.clemson.edu (Addison Laurent)
Subject: Re: Fortran Compiler
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 16:35:56 GMT

cstuckless@kean.ucs.mun.ca writes:

>In article <1992Apr09.073235.20573@public.sub.org>, peterk@public.sub.org (Peter Kittel) writes:
>> hoffmann@pandanus.cs.ntu.edu.au (Arthur Hoffmann) writes:
>> 
>>>Does anyone know if there is any PD or shareware Fortran Compiler around? 
>>>Could be for an IBM, Amiga or even Macintosh, my Amiga swallows anything.
>> 
>> No, I only know about the commercial product "AC/Fortran" by Absoft.
>> But look around the Fish disks, perhaps there's more than I'm aware
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> of in the moment.

>   Good advice Dr. Kittel, as there is indeed a Fortran Compiler on the 
>Fish Disks. I believe it's called BCF Fortran and somewhere in the 
>300-400 range in the Fish disks.

There is, there is a English Translation of the README doc. The error
messages are in german (but can usually e figured out by those of us
illiterate in that language).

I've never gotten it to work successfully under 2.0 & a 3000. (1.3
works) I am unsure as to it being the problem with the processor or the
system.

Addison



>> Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to  \\  Only my personal opinions... 
>> Commodore Frankfurt, Germany  \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
>-- 
>  
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>CStuckless@kean.ucs.mun.ca \  creative new applications for the system 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: pashdown@javelin.sim.es.com (Pete Ashdown)
Subject: ab20 on tape?
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 17:29:18 GMT


Does anyone out there have most or all of ab20 available to be put on tape?
I've contacted Tad about this, but apparently it is verboten to ship tapes out
of Nasa.  I can support just about anything, but a tar on a 2 gig DAT would be
ideal.
-- 
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DISCLAIMER: My writings have NOTHING to do with my employer.  Keep it that way.
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From: andrewtn@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Trevor Andrews)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Vector Library & Fred Fish
Date: 11 Apr 92 22:36:42 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

There use to be a file on ab20 called vectorlib or close to that... It
contained some Vector libs from a German author.  If you know of a site
that has it or if you could uu it and mail it to me I would appreciate it!

Also, second question... What is Freds address so I can send him some of
my latest PD stuff??

If he takes summessions through email, all the better :)


Thanx,
  Trevor
From: wulf@elfie.async.vt.edu (Jake Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: minix and the amiga
Date: 8 Apr 92 01:04:48 GMT
Reply-To: wulf@elfie.async.vt.edu (Jake Rose)
Organization: NeuSoft

In article <1992Apr7.100020.14379@bilpin.co.uk> vlod@bilpin.co.uk (vlod kalicun) writes:
>What I would like to know is does it support hard drives.
>I've heard mixed reports about some that say they do, and some that
>say it can't?
>Would someone please clear this up?
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>Vlod Kalicun-       -Real programmers don't write application programs, 
>SRL Data Limited     they program right down on the bare metal. Application
>071 267 2561         programming is for feebs who can't do systems programming.

Yes, MINIX supports hard drive use.  I wonder how it could be run solely from
floppies!  I *had* it on a 10MB partition on my system for a while, but I blew
it away at the beginning of this year, and I couldn't tell you where to get a
copy, since I don't know.

;You are entering a world of nested parentheses, a world of maddening confusion
;and ludicrous orthagonality.  Beyond this comment line lies - the LISP zone!
(set! addresses '("jaker@csugrad.cs.vt.edu" "wulf@elfie.async.vt.edu"))
(define (mail address)
  (cond ((list address) (exec "mail" (car address)) (mail (cdr address)))
  (T ())))
(mail addresses)
(= (! '42) (* '42 ... (* '2 (* '1 '1)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
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