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From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER)
Subject: Re: ATI Graphics Ultra Plus
Organization: McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 16:40:33 GMT

In article <1992Oct14.204326.25294@zooid.guild.org> Mark Kovarski <kovarski@zooid.guild.org> writes:

>The ATI Graphics Ultra + is $350 Canadian with 1 Meg VRAM. $410 Canadian
>with 2 Meg VRAM. It is sold at KLM computers is Toronto, Canada. As far as
>the OS/2 2.0 drivers goes, I was told by ATI Support that the new cards
>will be shipped with the OLD 1.3 drivers. Upon hearing this I asked when
>the new drivers will be out, they said they will be but didn't mention
>when. There are many people that said already that they won't buy ANY new
>ATI cards unless they release OS/2 2.0 drivers. I am one of those owners
>who owns a Graphics Ultra. They better smarten up or their sales will
>decline faster than they think. I was also told that there will be no
>upgrade policy so you will have to buy the new cards, no trade-ins and
>such.

	Not start a flame war or anything like that, but it might be worth
nothing that writing Drivers TAKES TIME, and that ATI probably already has
good, solid working drivers for Windows and common DOS products.

	Thus, they have gone ahead and released the product with only the
current drivers, based on the assumption that there are far more people
using windows who will want to buy this card than those using OS/2 2.0.
This makes them money, which helps pay for development costs, etc.

	It's REALLY not all that unreasonable folks.

	Toodlepip!
	Marc 'em.
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From: ncschu01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Gateway Online
Date: 16 Oct 92 13:29:40 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville


Although Gateway has no way of directly posting to this newsgroup (unlike our
friend from ZEOS), you can e-mail them at: Gateway@AOL.COM.

This message comes through me, to you, from Cynthia Lloyd, Online Services and
Onsite Services, Gateway 2000.   Feel free to tell them I sent you (P.S. - No I
don't have any financial interest in Gateway, but I will share with members how
I like their 66MHz when it arrives)


- Norm (Bad Boy from Brooklyn)

	
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From: curtis@cs.berkeley.edu (Curtis Yarvin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.unix.bsd,comp.org.eff.talk,misc.legal
Subject: Re: Question on Diamond Clock Synthesizer
Date: 13 Oct 1992 18:29:02 GMT
Organization: CS Dept. Snakepit - Do Not Feed.
Distribution: inet
NNTP-Posting-Host: cobra.cs.berkeley.edu

In article <1992Oct12.044838.15514@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@icarus.weber.edu writes:
>
>	Sorry, reverse engineering may not be illegal, bit it can still be
>litigated (and won) by the "damaged" party

Oh.  Right.  Now I remember.  This is Amerika - where the two are not
synonymous.

>please see:
>
>	Digital Equipment Corporation vs. EMC^2

Right.  Thanks for clearing me up.

c
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From: rantapaa@s6.math.umn.edu (Erik E. Rantapaa)
Subject: Re: Benchmarking Gateway machines (was Re: has anyone used the 486dx2 66mhz gateway)
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 22:31:17 GMT

Someone wanted the numbers for the ISA architecture machines, so here's
the rest of the table:

			3SX-25	4SX-25	4SX-33	4DX-33	4SX-33V
Norton Sl v. 6.0	12.30	54.20	 72.20	 72.20	 72.20
Landmark CPU 2.0	30.87	90.34	120.36	120.46	120.47
PC Mag 5.6:
  386 CPU inst mix	 2.77	 1.43	 1.07	 1.07	 1.06
  486 CPU inst mix	 n/a	 1.45	 1.08	 1.08	 1.08
  fp w/o coproc. 	 5.54	 2.53	 1.81	 1.76	 1.82
  Conv. Mem. Read	 0.44	 0.28	 0.22	 0.22	 0.22
  Conv. Mem. Write	 0.44	 0.22	 0.16	 0.17	 0.17
  Ext. Mem. Read	 1.86	 1.70	 1.54	 1.54	 0.66
  Ext. Mem. Write	 1.87	 1.64	 1.43	 1.37	 0.60
Cortest 2.92:
  64K			 984	1320	1325	 3839	 3647
  32K			2020	2847	3672	 3743	 3590
Power Meter 1.8:
  Whetstones		 60.6	149.0	201.3	 3276	201.5
  Dhrystones		  5.0	 14.3	 19.0	 19.0	 19.0
  MIPS Test		  2.9	  8.1	 10.8	 10.8	 10.8

All CPUs are 486 except the 3SX-25 which is a 386; -SX- for sucks; -V for
local bus instead of ISA.

Once again, these are Gateway's numbers, so take them with your favorite spice.
--
"[The Gulf war was] a stirring victory for the forces of aggression
 against lawlessness.
                -- Vice President Dan Quayle."

Erik Rantapaa    rantapaa@math.umn.edu
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From: dje@cygnus.com (Doug Evans)
Subject: UPS recommendations?
Organization: Cygnus Support
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 17:22:07 GMT
Followup-To: poster
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

I'm in the market for a UPS and was wondering if anyone has any
recommendations (both for or against).

Two possibilities are American Power Conversion and
Best Power Systems. Are there any happy customers out there?

Also, can anyone point me to a magazine article reviewing the alternatives
(both past or present)?

Please respond via email, and thanks in advance.

--
Doug Evans        | With views like these ...
dje@cygnus.com    |                           who needs disclaimers.
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From: dang@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Daniel Gentry)
Subject: Printer model question
Summary: Need model cross-ref for a printer
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 02:17:49 GMT
Keywords: printer


At an auction recently, I picked up a small printer
for cheap.  The printer looks epson-ish, with the three
control buttons on the top right side (on-line, FF, LF).
It appears to be a 9-pin utility printer... slow, noisy,
built like a tank.

The tag on the front says "IBM Personal Computer Graphics
Printer", and the tag on back says "IBM 5152".  Can someone
tell me which epson printer this faithfully emulates, and
if there is an address or phone # to contact Big Blue to
try and get a manual for this thing?

Any help would be appreciated!


Dan Gentry
From: ddo@wmod2000.larc.nasa.gov (Dale Ohmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Mouse interrupt docs
Date: 15 Oct 1992 18:29:03 GMT
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA  USA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: wmod2000.larc.nasa.gov
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Ivan K. Samuelson (iks@bsu-cs.bsu.edu) wrote:
: Does anyone know where I could get old of some documentation on all the
: interrupts that interface with the Micrsoft mouse? I'm wanting to learn
: more of how a program reads the mouses activities. I have a lot of source
: code in C (which is what I primarily use), but they're not documented
: very well. What I'm interested in is more of a table of the interrupts
: and the required entries of the registers to access that interrupt/BIOS
: routine.
: 
: If anyone knows of some good books or an FTP site that contains documentation
: on this, please let me know.
: 
: Thanks,
: 	Ivan
: 

A good book on (Microsoft) mouse programming comes direct from Microsoft.
Try "Microsoft Mouse Programmer's Reference" complete with floppies containing
example code and 'mouse.lib'.

Another source for BIOS/DOS interrupt info is available by ftp.  
Try Ralf's Interrupt List.  I don't know if the mouse interrupts are covered
but it's worth a look.

  ftp site:    cs.cmu.edu                <----- Anonymous
  directory:   /afs/cs/user/ralf/pub     <----- cd directly to this directory
                                                because intermediate dirs are
                                                protected.
  filenames:   inter32a.zip              <----- zip format
               inter32b.zip  
               inter32c.zip  

Have fun!

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From: dfeldman@lookout.it.uswc.uswest.com (David Feldman)
Subject: Compaq Portable II Video
Keywords: Compaq Portable II Video Compatibility
Organization: US WEST Information Technologies
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 22:01:51 GMT

Is this display compatible with anything to get graphics resolution modes higher than CGA?




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From: kentiler@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Kent P. Iler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Questions about 486's
Date: 13 Oct 92 15:03:24 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

Hi,
  I'm looking for a 486 motherboard to replace my 386.  I have some
questions before I purchase one, though.
  1.  Should I stick with Intel CPU?
  2.  I want a 486 50 Mhz.  Are there bugs I need to know about?
  3.  Would I be safer with a 486 33Mhz instead of a 50 Mhz TRUE CLOCK?
  4.  There is an add in Computer shopper for a 486 50Mhz true clock with
      intel CPU, 256 k cache for $780.  Is there anything I need to
      watch when buying from them?  
  5.  Is there certain BIOS to stay away from?

Thanks for your time.  Please feel free to throw in any suggestions
you may have for me.  

Actual consulting call -"I have this disk         Kent P. Iler                  
   stuck in my drive and I tried to get           Mainframe consultant          
   it out with a fork but ... "                   Kansas State University       
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From: axi0349@ultb.isc.rit.edu (A.X. Ivasyuk)
Subject: Need help identifying ethernet card
Originator: axi0349@ultb
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 18:44:04 GMT

I recently inherited a couple ethernet cards from my ex-roommate.  He didn't
have any manuals, so I'm stuck with guessing config options.

The first one is a WD8003E, but I would like to know what the various jumper
settings are on the card.
The second one is a 3Com card.  Anyone who can identify the following card,
please mail me.

->  16-bit card
    Full-length
    15-pin and thinnet connectors
    Says "3Com Corp, Mt. VIEW, CA." along the left edge
    Says "Assy 2012-01 Rev Y SN _____" under that (the SN is blank)
    Two main large square chips:
      1.  80186 Intel processor 
      2.  "LIA1287
           1880-00
           LINK+
           TAG 8911 A
           8105 Hong Kong"  around the middle of the board
    An Intel 82586 chip on the top
    Jumpers near the bottom, labeled "DMA" and "INT"    
    Jumpers half way between the LIA... chip and the right side of the card,
       labeled "MEM ADDR"
    Jumpers above the LIA... chip labeled "IO ADDR"
    Jumpers near the 80186 chip, labeled "CONFIG"


If anyone can give me info on this card, specifically what the various jumper
settings are, I would really appreciate it.  Thanks in advance.

-Anatoly
-- 
  Anatoly Ivasyuk @ Computer Science House @ Rochester Institute of Technology
   anatoly@nick.csh.rit.edu || axi0349@ultb.rit.edu || axi0349@ritvax.rit.edu

                  You say you haven't heard of CSH?  You will...
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From: cs260156@ucs.usl.edu (Keosaysonh A)
Subject: Help with WD jumper
Organization: Univ. of Southwestern La., Lafayette
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 05:50:56 GMT


Hi,
   Can anyone help me? I'm look for a jumper setting for a
   Western Digital hard drive model WD93044-A, if it have 
   jumpers. Cause I don't see any on the drive.
   
   I'm tring to install another drive (Maxtor model 7120A) 
   as a D (slave) drive. and I want the Western Digital drive
   to be my C (master) drive..
   
   Every time I reboot my computer I get a 'D: drive failure'
   And I know the setting for D drive is correct..
   So, I don't know if is my Western Digital Drive or My Controller
   card and I don't know what kind of controller card I have.
   

Any Info will be greatly appriciated :

Thanks.

                                =Pi


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From: jeff@raga.zk3.dec.com (Jeff Anuszczyk - Don't blink or you'll miss the future changing)
Subject: Re: Is 66DX2+$375 now better than 33DX+Overdrive later?
Organization: DEC Unix Engineering Group
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 18:42:30 GMT

Erik E. Rantapaa (rantapaa@s6.math.umn.edu) wrote:
:
: One thing that would help deciding this is an answer to this question:
: Can the Overdrive chip operate in the absence of the original processor?
: If buy Overdrive I can use the original processor in another motherboard?
:

Sadly no.  I believe that Intel specifically engineered the overdrive chip to
use a few signals from the original processor preventing you from removing it. 
That's why you need to place it in the PES slot and not just replace the
original processor with a new one.  I'm sure they did this to prevent people
from upgrading and flooding the market with older DX/33 chips.

- Jeff
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: 10666281@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (KEVIN PRATER)
Subject: Bubble jet Vrs. HP deskjet
Organization: Faculty of Engineering, Monash University 
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 07:37:32 GMT

I've decided its time to move up to better print quality.
Could someone give me some sort of comparision?
I have already heard that the BJ300/330 can print faster but

First the BJ300
---------------
How reliable is the BJ300 ?

How does it go printing envelopes though the second sheet bin ? (a salesman 
told me not very well anyone had past experiences?)

Can you run different color inks?

What can I expect $ to keep the sucker going?

Now the HP Deskjet
------------------
I all ready know that you can use colored ink

Is there a sheet feed for envelopes or hand feed one at a time?

What can I expect $ to keep the sucker going?

Any comments welcomed 
Would love to here from someone who has used both!
Thanks
Kevin Prater
DownUnderInOz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: johnn@eskimo.celestial.com (John Navitsky)
Subject: Re: Monitor Mystique: Trinitrons Not Good
Organization: =>ESKIMO NORTH (206) 367-3837 SEATTLE, WA.<=
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 10:10:22 GMT

In article <1992Oct7.222333.17575@bnr.ca> mascot@bnr.ca (Scott Mason) writes:
>In article <1992Oct6.213951.1@uwovax.uwo.ca> singer@uwovax.uwo.ca writes:

[...]

>Yes. I never got headaches from my computer, although I work at a
>terminal much of the day. After we switched to color Unix boxes, I have
>to set limits on my terminal time or pay the price. And I am fortunate
>to have an expensive 19" monitor and work in 1280x1024 resolution.
>I've tried using colours that activate only one gun, I've tried using
>green on black instead of black on off-white, and these have improved
>the situation somewhat. I suspected that the mono tubes were higher
>persistence since they are primarily used for text applications and
>that the colour tubes flicker more. But I don't detect flicker from my
>monitor. Could it be that 19" tubes are *too* large to be used from
>close proximity? I understand that the eye is only hi resolution across
>a 5 degree arc.

In my oppinion, yes!  I've been using a Sun workstation with a 19" at
1XXX x 9XX (ish) and switched to 16" and liked it much better.  Same 
resolution.  Of course I have a co-worker who likes the 19" better :-)
It seems to me that with the 16" you can look at the monitor without
moving your eyes as much where with the 19" tube your eyes have to scan
(maybe moving the monitor back would be helpful) to take it all in.  I
guess the only reason I would go to a larger monitor would be if I could
increase the resolution.  I've found high res color much easier on my
eyes that the hi res monochrome.  (for what it's worth)

john


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From: maniac@brownie.cs.unlv.edu (Eric J. Schwertfeger)
Subject: What monitor specs should I look for
Reply-To: maniac@brownie.cs.unlv.edu (Eric J. Schwertfeger)
Organization: UNLV Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 22:08:57 GMT

I'm interested in getting an MS-Dos machine, and one thing has me
concerned about the video.  I want to do 1024x768 graphics
non-interlaced.  The question is, what syncing speeds should
I look for to make sure that the "non-interlaced" monitor I
get isn't one that is only non-interlaced to 800x600?

I'm looking for a 15" monitor, if anyone has any suggestions
(preferably on the low end of the price range).

-- 
Eric J. Schwertfeger, maniac@cs.unlv.edu
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From: darkwing@cis.umassd.edu (Curtis H. Wilbar Jr.)
Subject: SMS OMTI 3100 bridgeboard info needed
Summary: need jumper + DIP info and formatting help
Keywords: bridgeboard MFM SCSI SMS OMTI help
Organization: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 23:14:58 GMT

Hi,

  I have an SMS OMTI 3100 brideboard the following numbers are on the parts
  of the board:

  MODEL OMTI 3100
  FAB 0006021 REV B
  ASSY 0006019 REV J

  on the ROM:
  1002449-D
  3100 (C)

What I need to know is the jumper + DIP switch settings....

Can it handle the following drives:
Seagate ST251 ?
Maxtor XT1140 ?
Micropolis 1325 ?

Also, how do you let the board know what the drive's geometry is ?
(is this done via a SCSI code page ?)

How do you do a media analysis?

How do you tell the board which tracks are bad ?

It was being used with a Seagate ST225 on a Mac, but I want to use it
with any of the above drives on an PC with an Adaptec 1542B..... or maybe
with the ST251 on a Mac....

Any info would be greatly appreciated,

  -- Curt

darkwing@cis.umassd.edu


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From: tracyb@bnr.ca (Tracy Blomquist)
Subject: Re: 17" monitor recommendations wanted
Organization: Bell Northern Research
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 19:24:47 GMT

Mark Kovarski (kovarski@zooid.guild.org) wrote:
: ewadams@netcom.com (Ernest Adams) writes:
: >I'm looking for a monitor which meets these specs:
: >
: >17"
: >1280 x 1024 @ 72 Hz non-interlaced
: >1024 X 768 @ 72 Hz @ 16.7M colors non-interlaced
: >Sharp and clear
: >.28 dot pitch minimum
: >Meets Swedish radiation standards
: >
: >Does anyone know of one that does this?
: 
: Ernest,
: I don't know what the Swedish standards are but if a monitor passes the
: US requirements, trust me, it will pass anywhere in the world. -)
: 

  The Swedish MPR I and II radiation emission standards are the
  toughest in the world.  It is what most high-end monitor makers
  measure themselves against.  There are no requirements in the U.S.
  or Canada for a monitor to meet MPR standards, and meeting
  US or Canadian safety standards in no way says you meet MPR I or II.

  As far as Ernest's question goes, I believe the NEC 5fg will meet
  his requirements.  The Mag 17" does not since it cannot do
  72Hz @ 1280x1024.

: 
: Regards,
: Mark Kovarski
: Toronto, Canada
: E-Mail: kovarski@zooid.guild.org

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From: VICTOR@gribb.hsr.no (Hansen, Thorleif V.    6-93)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: IDE? MFM? RLL?
Date: 8 Oct 92 17:28:53 GMT
Organization: Rogaland University Centre

In article <1992Oct8.124518.18935@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> jgrape@coos.dartmouth.edu (Johan A. Grape) writes:
>From: jgrape@coos.dartmouth.edu (Johan A. Grape)
>Subject: IDE? MFM? RLL?
>Date: 8 Oct 92 12:45:18 GMT
>
>	Hi!
>
>	Anyone got a quick answer for me?:
>
>	I just got a hold of an old Seagate ST251
>
>	Now I wonder, is it IDE?, MFM?, RLL?
>
>	The only other thing on it is the serial number
>	and a sticker that says MLC-2
>
>	Can anyone help me?
>
>	Thanks
>	jgrape@coos.dartmouth.edu

It's most likely a MFM disk. I just got rid of my not so old ST 251-1, and 
that was  definitely a MFM disk.
victor@gribb.hsr.no
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ngai@nova.bellcore.com (John Ngai)
Subject: Diamond SpeedStar 24X Hype?
Organization: Bellcore
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 20:00:10 GMT

I saw ads in Computer Shopper that the SpeedStar 24X is even FASTER than the
ATI Graphics Ultra in both DOS Video and Windows modes. However I notice that
the SpeedStar 24X is much cheaper than the Graphics Ultra. So is this claim
an advertizing hype?? Also does the SpeedStar 24X ship with drivers for OS/2
and UNIX, in addition to those for Windows 3.1?

-- John

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From: jre@zeos.com (Jim Erickson)
Subject: Re: No VL-BUS for 486/50 Mhz?
Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 15:28:58 GMT

In article <qolmnr8@zola.esd.sgi.com> blean@rwb.esd.sgi.com (Bob Blean) writes:
>In article <K6z-D#=@engin.umich.edu>, chyang@exemplum.engin.umich.edu (Chung Hsiung Yang) writes:
>|> 
>|> 	Someone posted earlier that since the VESA defines their clock
>|> speed only up to 40 Mhz, therefore using a processor above that speed 
>|> would be useless.  Is that true???
>
>I know someone said so -- I noticed it too.  But everything else I've
>read says that the VL-bus is spec'd to work up to 66 mhz.
>
>
>-- Bob
>("Our life is frittered away by detail.  Simplify, simplify."  H.D. Thoreau)

  VESA allows the bus to go to 66MHz but the slots have electrical
limitations which give them a maximum of 40MHz. Meaning if you have a VL-Bus
device integrated onto the motherboard it can operate up to 66MHz but if you
have a card in a slot, it can only go up to 40MHz.

--JRE---

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From: bauwens@acs.ucalgary.ca (Luc Bauwens)
Subject: Re: Memory Parity Error under Windows 3.1
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 92 23:53:31 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <BvtpyF.9Ar.1@cs.cmu.edu> redmond+@cs.cmu.edu (Redmond English) writes:
>Hello,
>
>  A friend of mine is having some trouble running windows 3.1
>on his 386DX PC.  Apparently it repeatedly gives Memory
>Parity Errors.  I suggested that he try increasing the number
>of memory wait states, and he told me that that made it worse!
>
>  A call to MicroSoft produced the suggestion: "You must have
>some borderline RAM - replace it." - are they serious?


Yes.


Memory parity errors are most likely due to borderline RAM.  (And other
alternatives would be far more unpleasant...)

LB
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 01:23:59 EDT
From: <DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: 34020 graphics boards?

I'd like to know if there are any reasonably priced ($500 or less) graphics
cards based on the TI 34020. Or has the market potential been killed by the
"accelerated SVGA" class of cards? (How depressing...)

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