HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: FisKer@cup.portal.com (Scott M Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Amiga+Toaster used to create "Babylon 5" TV show
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 00:29:49 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: usa
  <flash.0ac8@vsbbs.UUCP> <1992Sep13.221902.19917@unlinfo.unl.edu>

Random musings:
At the latest First Amiga User's Group meeting, Allen Hastings (creator of
Lightwave) showed a tape with some Babylon Five footage that was 
absolutely spectacular. He mentioned that the B5 team is actually a beta-
site for the next release of Lightwave.  Allen says that his main 
competitor for Lightwave is Autodesk (on the PC).  Allen said that the
tape he showed didn't even have the best Toaster work done on it -- Warner
Brothers wants to keep the good stuff under wraps until the February
premiere.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: mac1@Ra.MsState.Edu (Mubashir Cheema)
Subject: DCTV flickers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Summary: DCTV
Keywords: DCTV
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 20:32:06 GMT



  Hello World,
	      a friend of mine recently purchased a DCTV and it 
  flickers. He has an Amiga 2000 with de-interlacer. We connected it
  to an A500 and it didn't flicker anymore. 

  Is it the de-interlacer that causing it or what ?
  Any help will be greatly appreciated
  Thanx in advance.

Mubashir.
P.S: If you must post a follow up , please email me a copy.
     Its kinda urgent.


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Amiga User and Star Trek Fan (me too :)
I can be reached at Fax/phone : (601) 324-7324 
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              If you're feeling good, don't worry. You'll get over it.
From: flash@vsbbs.UUCP (Christopher Tarnas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Amiga+Toaster used to create "Babylon 5" TV show
Date: 11 Sep 92 23:12:36 PST
Organization: BBS

I think it will be aired on November 27.  Check your local listings as it will be syndicated.  Look's killer to me, I can't wait.  (The Toaster 2.0 demo tape has a brief clip from it.)
Xref: sparky comp.sys.amiga.graphics:5961 comp.sys.amiga.hardware:15210
From: rang@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Jyan-ken)
Subject: Re: Here are the 4000 specs.. from C=
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Reply-To: rang@ics.uci.edu (Jyan-ken)
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
Date: 12 Sep 92 16:00:15 GMT


They write:
This powerful new machine features Commodore's Advanced Graphics
Architecture TM custom co-processor chip set that enables users to
display and animate graphics in multiple resolutions at up to 256,000
colors from a palette of 16.8 million.

I say:

256,000 out of 16.8!
Consider the number of pixels in a 640x400 image..256,000!
Does this mean some animations in excellent psedo-24 bit on a stock
AMiga!

Wow!
Jyanken
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: Jamie_Krutz@a68k.denver.CO.US (Jamie Krutz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Looking 4 software to do design/room layouts
Distribution: world
Date: 6 Sep 92 19:02:35 MST
Organization: The Arvada 68K BBS- Westminster, CO

Another capable drawing package for the Amiga is ProVector from Stylus.  I
believe it would handle your room layout work.
 Later,
 -Jamie

-- Via DLG Pro v0.995
From: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: amiga+toaster used to
Summary: Output connectors
Date: 15 Sep 92 05:37:26 GMT
Organization: BT Tymnet, San Jose, CA

In article <1992Sep15.003719.28655@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> cahduns@atlas.cs.upei.ca (Henry Dunsmore) writes:
>I use the Toaster with video.  If the NewTek folks don't come up with a
>solution to the lack of S-VHS in the Toaster then they' in deep sh*t.

Rumor has it that the Toaster will soon have D2 and/or D3 type connectors.
This will allow it to drive high-end digital video tape recorders directly.

-- 
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<jms@tardis.tymnet.com>     P.O. Box 49019, MS-C51, San Jose, CA 95161-9019
CA license plate: "POPJ P,"    Married to the LB, Quantum Leap's #1 net.fan
PDP-10, 36-bits forever!    Humorous disclaimer: "My Amiga 3000 speaks for me."
From: oleg@crumpet.cts.com (Oleg Rovner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Apology 
Distribution: world
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
Date: 12 Sep 92 22:40:01 PST
Organization: Church O' Lantern

In article <5cwn!4q@lynx.unm.edu> kholland@hydra.unm.edu (Kiernan Holland) writes:

[usual crap]

Kiernan, it is a new school year, will you stop acting like a fucking freshman?
If you feel like you absolutely must post the crap you do, please do it in the
newsgroup that was created for the purpose: c.s.a.advocacy. You KNOW that your
posts will generate flames, and this one has nothing at all to do with graphics,
so why not think before you spew? 

-- 
oleg@crumpet.cts.com      * Constitution of the United States of America:
      or                  *         VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW!
...nosc!crash!crumpet!oleg*
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel)
Subject: How to contact rend24 author (was Re: rend24.... jpeg???)
Summary: "He ain't heavyyyyy...."
Organization: Grebyn Timesharing
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 17:50:13 GMT

In article <1992Sep8.102045.6581@unibi.uni-bielefeld.de> markus@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de (Markus Illenseer) writes:
> Anyway, does anybody knows the EMail-Adress of Thomas Krehbiel (the author) ?
> He mentions that he likes to answer via EMail, but his Adress is missing.
> At least, i don't know how to get access to someone on the BIX on Internet.
> The EMail is supposed to be "tkrehbiel" on BIX.

Tom Krehbiel is my younger brother.  He doesn't have a Usenet account
(yet - he wants one but doesn't have the resources just now), and
there's no email bridge to BIX (yet?) but if you need to get in touch
with him, you can send mail to me (richk@grebyn.com) and I'll pass it
along to him.
-- 
Richard Krehbiel                                 richk@grebyn.com
OS/2 2.0 will do for me until AmigaDOS for the 386 comes along...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox)
Subject: Re: double hard drive capacity??? NOT
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 05:52:43 GMT
Organization: Foxes 'R' Us - Seven locations to serve you

DonD@cup.portal.com (Don Robert DeCosta) writes:

>I have yet to see ANY program cut an
>Anim or Picture in HALF!!

This is true, but this is because these formats already use compression.
I don't need 2x compression, just something more than what I have now.
1.5 compression would be just fine.

>Stacker comes no where near "Doubling your hard disk!"  It's a flat out lie!

I have Stacker installed on my PC right now and it gives me 2:1
compression.  It is not a lie.

>it DOES NOT double your disk space and that was
>the original complaint about it.

Actually the original complaint was about how one should use Imploder to
gain significant disk space, then that person decided to take a jab at
Stacker for some reason.  The point is that Imploder frees up
significant amounts of disk space ONLY if you have a hard drive filled
with PROGRAM files.  I don't have a disk full of programs; do you?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: Holt@cheme.washington.edu (Brad Holt)
Subject: Re: No AGA for current users!?! *Excuse Me?*
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Organization: Chemical Engineering, U Washington
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 15:04:27 GMT

In article <1992Sep15.193704.90104@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>,
bull@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au wrote:
> 
> In article <Holt-140992195441@128.95.214.231>, Holt@cheme.washington.edu (Brad Holt) writes:
> > In article <1628@lysator.liu.se>, boberg@lysator.liu.se (Stefan Boberg)
> >> bdnee@silver.lcs.mit.edu (Bandes Dessinee) writes:
> 
> [Complaints about current Amigas not being able to use the AA chips deleted]
> 
> 
> >>   Commodore has been much better than most other computer manufacturers
> >> in this respect. Just look at the Mac for instance - none of the early
> >> models are upgradable to a Quadra.
> >>
> >
> >    Not true.  The Mac IIcx is upgradable to the Mac IIci which is
> > upgradable
> > to the Quadra 700.
> 
>         Upgrading a factory shipped IIci to the equivelent a Quadra, and
> upgrading a factory shipped IIcx to the equivelent of a IIci, then upgrading
> that to the equivelent of a Quadra are *NOT* the same things.

   Sorry, I did not make it clear.  You can upgrade either a IIcx or a IIci
to a Quadra.  The IIci upgrade is borderline, but the IIcx upgrade is well 
worth it.
Xref: sparky comp.sys.amiga.graphics:6042 comp.sys.amiga.misc:13964
From: David_Corn@fcircus.sat.tx.us (David Corn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: No AGA for current users!?! *Excuse Me?*
Date: 14 Sep 92 22:53:02 GMT
Organization: The Flying Circus BBS, San Antonio, TX
X-NewsSoftware: BBX-UMB 0.23 (Sep 12 1992)


  Commodore has been much better than most other computer manufacturers
  in this respect. Just look at the Mac for instance - none of the early
  models are upgradable to a Quadra.
  
_________


Huh?  Last I checked, you could go from MANY of the Mac II's to a Quadra
- the II, IIx, IIcx, and IIci, among others.



-- 
David_Corn@fcircus.sat.tx.us
.. david corn ...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: visconti@gecko.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mark Visconti)
Subject: Toaster and DCTV (was Re: DCTV flickers !!!!
Keywords: DCTV
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 14:43:46 GMT

In article <2AAD668C.1882@ics.uci.edu> rang@ics.uci.edu (Jyan-ken) writes:
>In article <mac1.715984326@Ra.MsState.Edu> mac1@Ra.MsState.Edu (Mubashir Cheema) writes:
>>  Hello World,
>>	      a friend of mine recently purchased a DCTV and it
>>  flickers. He has an Amiga 2000 with de-interlacer. We connected it
>>  to an A500 and it didn't flicker anymore.
>
>DO you have a Toaster or other device in effect in the video slot? I know
>that  when Toaster is on, the DCTV has radical color distortion (like a
>rainbow band on a damaged video tape)

It is my experience that this conflict shows up only on A2x00 series machines
and not when the Toaster is installed in an A3000 series machine.
I would like any information that confirms or contradicts this.  Also, every
A2000 machine I have seen with this trouble has a GVP 030 card, but I assume
this is due to there being so many out there.
 
DW
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: robin@vipunen.hut.fi (Jarto 'Robin' Tarpio)
Subject: Re: CBM Discusses Future Amigas
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Date: 14 Sep 92 11:01:51

Believe what you want. Note, however that this was not written by a
Commodore employee or representative. Neither was it written by a
developer. Do not spread it !!!!

However, read and enjoy the new A4000 and OS3.0 specs. That's definitely
true !

Jarto Tarpio - Commercial Developer - StarSoft Ky - Finland
From: spence@cbmvax.commodore.com (Spencer Shanson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: No de-interlacer in the a4000?
Date: 15 Sep 92 22:11:16 GMT
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <1992Sep15.170052.2727@sol.cs.wmich.edu> 22black@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Martin E. Black) writes:
>I can't believe what I heard.  I heard there will be absolutely no type of 
>deinterlacer on the a4000, just the productivity modes that are atainable
>in the ecs.  That is junk, I meen hell if I want normal hires in interlace, but

It's only partially true. Whilst there is no deinterlacer on the A4000, you can
enable a 'promotion' feature in preferences which will de-interlace all screens
opened as the default monitor. In other words, there is a software/chip solution
to the problem.

I admit that it's not the best solution. A deinterlacer would be real nice, but
would also add to the cost of the machine. Remember, the A4000 would have to
buffer 24 bits of data, the A3000 only buffers 12 bits.

>want it deinterlaced I won't beable to.  This is a poor judgement of Commodore
>to remove it.  Since I have a monitor capable of 50khz and up to 73hz, I wanted
>the super72 mode of 800x600 deinterlace.  Since the super72 requires a 25khz 
>monitor it would work great.  

The A3000 doesn't deinterlace the Super72 modes. Amber passes them straight
through.

>I hope the deinterlace car that is out will work with it.  After all there will
>be lots of productivity programs that will only write for regular hires and 
>hires interlace.
>

...and with 'promotion' enabled, there is a fair chance they will be
deinterlaced. (Personally, with the exception of art packages, I won't even
bother with productivity software that cannot work on my workbench).

>marty

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                                              | or uunet!cbmvax!spence
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(necessarily) represent those of Commodore.   | "Copper? I hardly even
                                              | know her!"
From: simon@ivem.uucp (Simon Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Why CBM sucks!
Date: 15 Sep 1992 18:28:00 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego
NNTP-Posting-Host: ivem.ucsd.edu

Darn those CBM engineers.  Why can't they do anything right!  I mean, that
A4000 kludge!  It doesn't have 2 floppy drives!  They only have 1 included.
What kind of company only includes 1 floppy drive.  I can get a 486 clone
with 2 3.5" drive and a 5.25" drive for less than that A4000.  And that stupid
slow AGA chip.  Why didn't they give us accelerated 24 bit graphics at the
same $3000 price tag?  I mean, come on.  Even Apple Quadras have 24 bit
capability.  Why did CBM put in 150 watt power supplies instead of 160?  And
how come I can't listen to 16 bit sampled MODS instead of the cheesy 8 bit.
Sure I used to boast about the killer sounds that cheesy 8 bit Amiga produced
compared to the Mac's output or the IBM's Soundblaster.  Why is CBM living
in the stoneages?  AHHHH!!!

Ok.  That's it.  I'll just start my own computer company and make the killer
computer.  It'll have 48 bit graphics!  20 bit resolution audio!
Forget 16 bits.  That's old.  Let's see, it'll have the 99 Mhz 040 since the
25 Mhz 040 is way too slow.  And then we'll put in our own set of 96 custom
chips.  Each chip will handle each key on the keyboard so that ultra fast
typers won't complain that the keyboard can't handle their blazing speed.  And
then I'll have 99 meg flopticals instead of the 1.77 meg HD drives.  All this
plus 1280x1024 screen resolution MINIMUM, FREE 21" monitor, and a THREE button
mouse!  I'll even throw in a mouse pad!  The best part of this will be the
price.  In order to compete with those darn clone makers, I'll have to price
this so that it's not only competitive, but I'll anticipate their lowering of
price and mark this machine at $1000 LIST.  That way dealers can discount it
to $700.  Oh, almost forgot the FREE CD-ROM drive for those who purchase in
the next 4 months.  Those who miss out will have to buy them at $50 each.
I know that this will make people happy and I'll be the hit of the parties and
everyone will love my company.  Complaints?  I'll just let them leave them on
my personal answering machine.  They need something done tomorrow.  No
problem.  My engineers can work 24 hours.  I hope developement of this machine
doesn't take more than 3 months, or people will be upset.  Wouldn't want that.


-- 
*   Simon Lee              *   Microscopy and Imaging Resource          *
*   simon@ivem.ucsd.edu    *   Intermediate Voltage Electron Microscopy *
*   sulee@ucsd.edu         *   UC San Diego, Dept. of Neuroscience      *
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From: g.coulter@uk.ac.daresbury (G. Coulter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: REAL3D => Reality
Date: 10 Sep 92 08:25:24 GMT
Reply-To: g.coulter@uk.ac.daresbury
Organization: Daresbury Laboratory, UK

I  don,t know  if any  one has any extra information  on
this but I  have heard  from a good  source that  Real3D
is  being upgraded  later this year (we all know  that I
hear  you  say !!).  The name  of the  new  program will
probably be  REALITY (The same sort of name change  that
Turbo Silver went through to get to IMAGINE) the upgrade
cost to existing users is not so good (around 200 pounds
stirling) when  compared to the  40 pound upgrade  price 
to  Real3D 1.4. Full price for the whole package will be
about 400 pounds the same as it is now, or near enough.

Does this seem fair or are existing commited users being
forced to pay through the nose to keep there software up
to date.

Gary. 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: 10667547@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (JIMMY FANG)
Subject: Re: double hard drive capacity??? NOT
Organization: Faculty of Engineering, Monash University 
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 06:21:02 GMT

In article <1992Sep14.103100.26349@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de> mlelstv@specklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst) writes:
>From: mlelstv@specklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
>Subject: Re: double hard drive capacity??? NOT
>Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 10:31:00 GMT
>In <ciH2qB1w165w@micromed.com> diskount@micromed.com (don hirschfeld) writes:
>>I have Stacker on my 200meg HD and I get an average 1:1.7 compression 
>>average on 160megs of files. Not 2x but not bad. There are almost no text 
>>files in that either , mostly programs and data. I see no delay in 
>>compression or decompression. I wish Stacker was for the Amiga also!
>
>There IS something similar called XFH. It is currently sold together with
>a german Amiga magazine but will be freeware at the end of the month.
>
>Regards,
>-- 
>Michael van Elst

Slight correction.  It's called XPK, version 2.3
It will be free-ware at the end of the month and will be available from FTP.
Someone said I could BMS it from them, but I'm dumb and don't know what BMS
is.  Guess I'll have to wait until the end of the month....
This information is second hand...  Perhaps it should become an FAQ, as I 
asked for such a program a while back too....

Jim
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: msnider@Rapnet.Sanders.Lockheed.Com (Marc A. Snider x0193)
Subject: Re: 4000
Organization: Sanders Associates
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 12:09:10 GMT

In article <2bwn6wj@lynx.unm.edu> kholland@hydra.unm.edu (Kiernan Holland) writes:
>In article <1992Sep11.201126.29937@Rapnet.Sanders.Lockheed.Com> msnider@Rapnet.Sanders.Lockheed.Com (Marc A. Snider x0193) writes:
>>Well, for what it's worth, I just got this info from a local dealer.  He
>>had just received the info via fax (circa 2:30pm eastern time).
>>
>>      - '040 running at 25mhz
>>
>>      - standard graphic modes up to 1280x400 (more with overscan)
>>
>>      - up to 256,000 colors from a 16.8 million color palette
>>
>>      - 120 meg hard drive  (yes, connected to IDE on board controller)
>>
>>      - 2 megs chip ram
>>
>>      - 6 megs fast ram expandle to 16 meg using SIMMS
>>
>>      - NTSC 15/31 hz scan rate switchable
>>
>>      - AmigaDOS 3.0 including crosstalk(for reading and writing IBM PC
>>                                         formatted files)
>>
>>      - 150 watt power supply
>>
>>      - 4 Zorro III slots, 3 PC AT slots
>>
>>      - 3 1/2" 880k floppy drive
>>
>>      
>>Apparently they'll be offering an optional SCSI controller.  He didn't
>>know any more than this.  If anyone knows more info, like how many
>>colors at 640x480 (overscan), hurry up and post, will ya!!!
>>
>>
>>suggested retail is $3699.00.     BTW didn't C= buy the rights to DCTV a
>>while back?  And if so what are they using it for (paperweight?)?  It
>>sure doesn't seem to be in the new box...
>>
>>M. Snider
>>msnider@rapnet.sanders.lockheed.com
>>
>
>I wouldn't go spreading stuff like that. From Amazing computing, 
>the only thing that has been reported, as a rumor, 
>is CBM is thinking about releasing a 640x480 8-bit 
>graphics chip for the Amigas. I can believe that. 
>CBM has never made moves like the one you suggest and 
>they probably never will. 
>
>In the PC world people are talking about 586's even though there is 
>no proof that there is a 586, but people are talking. 
>
>Right now, I could find you a Intel based machine that 
>would have all the things you mentioned for about 2000 
>bucks, only using a 33mhz 486 and a local bus ( which is 
>synced with the CPU running it). 
>
>For what it is worth, of course.
>

I will only "spread stuff like that" when I believe it to be true.  
The specs that I relayed were read to me directly from the newly arrived
fax (CBM press release) by an authorized Amiga reseller.  FYI - you
are wrong about being able to get all functionality allowed one by an
amiga in an intel based box.  Should you care for elaboration, please
don't hesitate to ask.

M. Snider
msnider@rapnet.sanders.lockheed.com

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.graphics
From: kholland@hydra.unm.edu (Kiernan Holland)
Subject: Re: Info wanted about Hash Enterprises: Will WIntons Playmation
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 07:28:45 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <2396@compel.UUCP> her@compel.UUCP (Helge Egelund Rasmussen) writes:
>I just received a newsletter from Impulse where they describe a
>new product from Hash Enterprises called "Will Wintons playmation".
>Apparently it looks somewhat like Imagine, but uses spline
>modelling.
>
>Does anyone know more about this new product?
>
>What is the difference between this product and Journeyman?
>
>Helge
>---
>Helge E. Rasmussen  .  PHONE + 45 36 72 33 00  .  E-mail:  her@compel.dk
>Compel A/S          .  FAX   + 45 36 72 43 00  .  
>Copenhagen, Denmark

Yes, Amazing Computing has a article about it in the back of its 
newest issue (either September or October). Playmation is made by the 
same company that started "Claymation" (ya, the guys that 
did the California Raisins). It is not an exclusive Amiga product, 
being made for the 486/386 systems and then will be ported to the 
Amiga. The sample pictures I saw were not bad looking. If the 
program supports smoother objects, it should be a ton better than Imagine.
I'm not a Imagine fan becuase it has rendering problems that 
have been pointed out to me and it didn't have the simplest 
object editing capabilities. I know of a program for the MACs 
that is both cheaper (Public Domain) and Easier to use than Imagine. 
But IMAGINE is for animation mostly. 

I have been looking at Aladin in Amazing computing. It looks 
pretty spiffy. Aladin is Prodraw4D (I think that is it) 
with more features. the article was talking about prioritized 
target points which is a capability under Aladin. That 
is when your obsever moves from place to another, it 
will look at certain targets depending on how far away from each target 
point it is. Whichever is closer is what the observer looks at. 
I guess that is what it means, but I assume that means the observer 
will look at targets on a line between two priortized targets, to assure 
smooth turns.