HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Directory Manager 2.0 no
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 11:53:00 -0500

JJH>I have uploaded a copy of QB software's Directory Manager 2.0 to
JH>ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.  It can be found in the uploads directory for now
JH>(dirman20.zip).  It is shareware.

JH>Directory Manager 2.0 is a 32 bit WPS compatible PM program that works
 
   Actually dirman20 works fine under v1.3, so it's not a 32-bit
program.
   I actually prefered the old version, I wish the new version's popup
window appeared under the mouse instead of a couple of inches below.
It's still really buggy, it took me about 3 minutes to compleatly
hang PM.

Bob   
___
 * MR/2 1.1 #10 * I don't do Windows, but OS/2 v2.0 does!
From: rovero@oc.nps.navy.mil (Josh Rovero)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Why OS/2 **WILL** fail
Date: 27 Sep 92 13:53:02 GMT
Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA

I think you are wrong.  My wife and kids (8, 6, and 2.75) all prefer
the OS/2 and AmigaDos GUIs to the command line interfaces.  I can go
either way.

After battling with MS-DOG 3.x through 5.0, chucking those for DRDOS 6
(love that conditional config.sys), and finally going to OS/2 (better 
than both for most things), I'm staying.   I can run dos stuff, I can
run windows stuff, and there'a more  and more OS/2 stuff.  

But everyone is entitled to an opinion.....

-- 
Josh Rovero   (rovero@oc.nps.navy.mil) | or Internet 5346p@cc.nps.navy.mil 
Department of Oceanography, Code OC/Rv |      Bitnet 5346p@NAVPGS 
Naval Postgraduate School              |              
Monterey, CA  93943   (408) 646-2084   |
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From: john.hines@scintill (John Hines) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: XMS/EMS IN A DOS VDM
Date: 5 Oct 92 19:58:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Scintillation BBS - Lombard, Illinois - 708-953-4922
Reply-To: john.hines@scintill (John Hines) 

Is there any way to get either XMS or EMS memory in a DOS vdm (boot from
drive a) window?  I've got a DOS application that I need to run in a vdm
that wants either XMS or EMS.  I've tried the HIMEM.SYS in the /OS2/MDOS
directory, and it doesn't do it.
                                      -John
                                                                                        
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: tdukes@eng.auburn.edu (Todd J Dukes)
Subject: EPM status line fonts
Summary: how do you change status line fonts
Organization: Auburn University Engineering
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 19:38:14 GMT

I have started using the Trident 800x600 seamless drivers.

The font used for the status line in EPM has gotten huge. Is there any
way to change this font.

I tried using the font tool in the system folder, but it only changed 
the font of the menu.

Thanks
Todd


Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: slumos@unlv.edu (Steve Lumos)
Subject: Re: Why OS/2 **WILL** fail
Organization: UNLV Computer Science
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 23:00:52 GMT

In article <1a96jhINNm7d@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> craig@ec.uwa.oz.au (Craig Richmond - division) writes:
>OK, using your command line, sort all of the files by type and delete all
>those which are word Processor Documents.  (Not all of them have .doc on
>the end remember)

This is not necessary because of a feature I like to call DIRECTORIES!
If you are going to assume some suit who doesn't understand why it is
a bad thing to dump all of your files in the root then fine.
Otherwise, I can delete all word processor documents (gee, that's an
intelligent thing to want to do) by simply deleting the directory that
they are in 'del e:\wp51\wp-docs\*' And my files are ALWAYS sorted by
type. I call it organization.

>
>Work out which program created a file.
>

See above. Is it really that hard for you to create a directory tree
and then stick to it?

>Sort a large number of files into sub directories.

I don't understand the question. I keep my files in subdirectories
exactally where I want them kept. When I go to find them, mysteriously
enough, they are exactally where I left them.

>
>Have more than 26 volumes available.  (with DOS 3.3 you can't use the
>entire 1 Gig Hard disk with 33 Meg partitions)
>

Oh golly! Well, the Apple IIe can't use a 1 Gig hard disk at all!
What's your point? I don't even have a copy of DOS 3.3, I have a copy
of DOS 2.11 in the closet...

>Selectively delete many files out of a long list.  I bet I can click faster
>than you can type the name.

Probably. Can you click and drag across the screen faster? I think
that with alot of people it would be a close race. Define GUI though.
Can you click around faster than I can arrow key and spacebar? I don't
think you can.

>
>Yes, I'm a macintosh freak, but for the ease of use it really does win.
>Also there is no future in DOS.  At least not while there is a 640K
>barrier.  Windows has the user interface of a pig and is just a big hack.
>OS/2 is better than Windows, but suffers from the "Microsoft is Big.  It
>Must be good mentality"  From the same people who made the PC popular, now
>we have Microsoft Windows being a popular product.  Many of the people who
>slag off the Macintosh have never even used a Macintosh and know no better,

I have used a Mac and I hate them. Big deal. If you love them use
them, don't tell me what I should be using. I personally hate being
tied to working in graphics mode. The Mac does this and the graphics
are SLOW! OK, so I haven't used a sate-of-the-art Mac, but you did
bring up DOS 3.3...

BTW: How many volumes to you have on your Mac? 27 just to prove you
can?

-- 
Steve Lumos - slumos@cs.unlv.edu
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From: frigo@psl.wisc.edu (Sean P. Frigo UW-Madison SRC (608)877-2332,-2001(FAX))
Subject: Re: MS to release PM32 Word & Excel?  NOT
Reply-To: frigo@psl.wisc.edu
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Physical Science Lab
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 01:52:33 GMT

In article <2AC781AD.87F@deneva.sdd.trw.com>, reimert@mamacass.etdesg.trw.com (Scott P. Reimert) writes:
>In article <1992Sep26.112459.5348@wsl.ie> jja@wsl.ie (John J. Allen) writes:
>>tomjo@microsoft.com (Tom Johnston) writes:
>>: Why should Msft (or anyone else) write apps for PM32?  OS/2 runs
>>: Windows apps (or so IBM tells me).  I'll just stick with Windows apps.
>>
>>Well seeing as Windows runs DOS apps, why did Microsoft create WinWord
>>when it already had Word for DOS. Why not just keep upgrading DOS Word and
>>tell users to use that instead of createing a Windows specific version.
>
>Because MS wrote Windows, and wanted it to sell. As has been said elsewhere,
>they needed a "killer app" or two. The difference here is that MS doesn't
>write and sell OS/2, so they really coulden't care less whether it makes it
>or not. All they need to do in this arena is clear a profit on the one app.
>
>-- 
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  Scott Reimert  \    reimert@mamacass.etdesg.trw.com     /Standard disclaimer:
>Redondo Beach, CA \______________________________________/"Blah blah blah ... "
>__________________|Always store beer in a cool dark place|_____________________


Well, I don't know if it has been brought up yet (this is a long thread), but
for MS not to offer OS/2 2.0 apps in light of the large number of copies of
OS/2 2.0 shipped is to lend credence to the antitrust argument:  MS should
be broken up.


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UW-Madison SRC and Department of Physics                  bitnet:  frigo@wiscpsl
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From: hacker@cco.caltech.edu (Jonathan Bruce Hacker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: anyone has info on mathematica for os/2?
Date: 28 Sep 1992 18:51:39 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu

biff@athena.mit.edu (Adam B Cotner) writes:

>Can I get a phone number or e-mail addresses of the person
>to whom I can "officially" request that an os/2 port be
>made?

>...if only software companies had a clue as to os/2 popularity
>and the reason it is so wonderful, maybe it would not take a
>grass roots movement to get them off to develope os/2 programs.

>adam

>Adam Cotner
>biff@athena.mit.edu

Wolfram research Inc can be reached at 

info@wri.com

(unless they have disconnected that service because of people like
me mailing requests for an os/2 version of mathematica all the time!)

-- 
Jon Hacker
Caltech, Pasadena CA
hacker@tumbler-ridge.caltech.edu
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From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel)
Subject: Re: COMPRESS for os/2
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 02:11:58 GMT
Organization: DAFCO: OS/2 Software Support & Consulting

nate@panix.com (Nate Clark) writes:

>Some people in my organization are looking for an OS/2 utility similar
>to the COMPRESS available in both DOS and UNIX, or PKZIP available in
>DOS.  Any leads you can pass my direction will be greatly appreciated.

You can get a complete set of unix utilities including ksh for os2
from MKS(1-800-265-2797). These utilities now work with long HPFS
filenames. I recommend their products highly.

-- 
Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
 
[.sig on vacation]
From: Bob.Batson@mtask.omahug.org (Bob Batson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: UUPC Extended
Date: 24 Sep 92 15:19:22 CST
Reply-To: bob.batson@mtask.omahug.org
Organization: Multitasking Systems, Kansas City
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.apps

jja@wsl.ie (John J. Allen) writes:

 > Who do you mail @ sun.soe.clakron.edu to get at the automated mail
 >  server
 > and what commands do you send it.

Send an email message addressed as follows.

        archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu

Put the word HELP in the subject header, and leave the body of the message
blank. You should then receive instructions via email.

        Bob Batson

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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: MATLAB & OS2
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 03:52:37 GMT

In article <klliou.717916368@milton> klliou@milton.u.washington.edu (Kan-Lee Liou) writes:
>Is there anyone using MATLAB successfully under OS/2?
>My mat386 complains 'virtual mode 8086 ... is used'.

MatLab does work under OS/2 2.0 (using DPMI), provided you have
version 3.5k or later.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | The OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST is avail. from
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/faq.
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job
From: hacker@cco.caltech.edu (Jonathan Bruce Hacker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Mathematica for windows under os/2 2.0
Date: 29 Sep 1992 21:19:30 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu

>Mathematica does indeed need 386 enhanced mode to operate which WIN-OS/2
>does not support (technical explanation not included). You can dual-boot to
>DOS and run windows normally (you don't need 3.1). You should also call the
>people who make it and tell them you WANT an OS/2 version ASAP. 

>---Jay Davis


You can write to them at 

info@wri.com
-- 
Jon Hacker
Caltech, Pasadena CA
hacker@tumbler-ridge.caltech.edu
From: gwni@troi.cc.rochester.edu (G. Wayne Nichols)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Quattro Pro Excessive Disk Access
Date: 1 Oct 92 22:59:57 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

Try using XMS for program overlays, buy including the /X parameter
on the command line. A good disk cache will speed things up, too.
From: vampire@mcl.ucsb.edu (Kevin Laird)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: W4W not printing bullets
Date: 28 Sep 92 16:58:35 GMT

In <dkm2.716683013@Isis.MsState.Edu> dkm2@ra.msstate.edu (David K. Magee) writes:

>I am running OS/2 2.0 and Word for Windows, with a Panasonic 4420 laser printer.

>The printer will not print out bullets.  Any ideas / suggestions?  Installation
>of the latest fixes made no difference.


I had this same problem using the Panasonic Windows 3.1 printer drivers. When
I went back to using the updated HP drivers that IBM distributed, my bullets
printed out fine. It took me a bit of time and frustration to track it 
down though. :)

Kevin Laird








Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: do-minh@CS.YALE.EDU (Minh Do)
Subject: os/2 packet drivers
Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 17:45:07 GMT

I need a program and drivers in OS/2 2.0 that would let me connect to the
campus appletalk network.  Any suggestions?
-- 
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Minh Q. Do	                                      do-minh@cs.yale.edu
                                               dominq@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu
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From: cummins@a.cs.okstate.edu (CUMMINS JOHN WILLI)
Subject: Re: Why OS/2 **WILL** fail
Organization: Oklahoma State University, Computer Science, Stillwater
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 20:25:15 GMT

>>Oh and btw, is there ANYONE out there who can do file management
>>faster through the gui than they can through the command line? Why
>
>No, there never was. Unless you call Xtree Gold a GUI!!!!

Hummmm.... about deleting a "tree" ("prune" under Xtree)...
I can do that ONE THING faster with a GUI than most CLIs.

Anyone got a clue for me on a way to whap a directory and all its children
into the bit-bucket w/o typing a compound command?  How about a simple
compound command?  (Must delete SubDirs containing files and other SubDirs w/o
naming them explicitly)

jc
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: TCP/IP software and AT&T drivers
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.networking
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 03:59:04 GMT

In article <1ag1mpINNcbd@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> enk2@po.CWRU.Edu (Erik N. Kovach) writes:
>According to my sources here at CWRU, there will be NO AT&T drivers
>for the OS/2 TCP/IP software.  Is there no hope?  My school bought
>these AT&T cards for cheap because AT&T was allegedly dropping 
>support for them...but I want to run the TCP/IP software on this
>card.  Any help?

_Which_ AT&T network adapter?

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | The OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST is avail. from
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/faq.
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: steverod@cs.rice.edu (Steven Rodrigues)
Subject: Need help with GNU Emacs Install
Summary: clueless user
Organization: Rice University, Houston
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 06:06:25 GMT

Okay, I got all the emacs ZIP files from hobbes, I unzip them onto my hard 
drive, I set up all the environment variables as requested. I then type
the magic incantation: lib

It comes back with "Invalid syscall function code: 7F 18".

Okay, I will hope, and then continue the install.
"dump-emacs":

LOTS of "Invalid syscall function code" messages. Not only that, but I get 
some wonderful "File not found" messages and all that.

I know there was a big thread about installing Emacs earlier, but I managed
to miss it all over the summer. Could someone tell me what I did wrong and 
how to correct it? 

Sorry if this is a FAQ.....

This is on a PS/2 Model 70(no nasty remarks, please), running a plain-
vanilla GA install of OS/2, with the new kernel, the black icon fix, and
the SOM fixes applied.

Thanks a lot!
Steve
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: HG under OS2
Date: 30 Sep 92 21:28:58 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <92273.132759RAJKUMAR@MIAMIU.BITNET> T.M. RAJKUMAR <RAJKUMAR@MIAMIU.BITNET> writes:
>I am running a Networked version of Harvard Graphics 3.0 under DOS mode in
>OS/2.  The text colors all look right in text mode.  But when I go into
>display mode or Draw mode, the palette colors that come with HG all seem
>different.  Is there some setting that I should be using. Is ATM causing
>this problem.  HG uses bitstream fonts if I understand it correctly.
>Any pointers are appreciated.

It sounds like you are running the program in a window on the desktop.
The color distortion is normal -- there's no way around it due to
limitations in the hardware (unless you have XGA or better; color
distortion becomes less of a problem).

If you run the program full screen, you won't suffer with the color
distortion.  Use ALT-Home to toggle, or change the setting in the
program object notebook.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | The OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST is avail. from
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/faq.
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: djs6015@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Don Smith)
Subject: Re: ATM for OS/2
Originator: djs6015@ultb
Organization: R.I.T.
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 14:25:00 GMT

In article <1992Sep25.150141.4017@ennews.eas.asu.edu> ejohnson@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Eric R. Johnson) writes:
}
}I installed some Adobe Type 1 fonts last night, expecting to do some
}titles for my wife's business letterhead.  I was rather unnerved
}when I went to print, as the printer (HP Laserjet compatible) spit garbage
}until I reset it.  Looking in the online docs revealed that the ATM for OS/2
}is for screen fonts, and that to print you need a Postscript printer.  Is this
}correct?  I can only _display_ my ATM fonts?  
}

You can display your ATM fonts on the screen and print them out. I
have printed ATM fonts out on an Epson 9pin and a HP LJ2... so I
know it can be done.

Your problem is probably with you printer driver. You must install the
correct printer driver.... or you will get junk when you print
graphics.
-- 
   | Don Smith                  | Woman mirrors the universe, and within |
   |djs6015@ultb.isc.rit.edu    |her temple she contains all the ritual  |
   |DJS6015@ritvax.isc.rit.edu  |sacraments needed to unleash the vortex |
   |DJS6015@ritvax.BITNET       |ov the subconscious.  John ZeWizz       |
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: ekl@fics.uucp
Subject: Re: Interpreted P-code...what the hell is that...?
Organization: Kvam data as
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 04:22:22 GMT

In article <rdippold.718259073@qualcom> rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>stimpy@nmt.edu (Stimpy) writes:
>>What is 'interpreted P-Code'? I've never heard of it. Is it some crap where
>>MS can reuse code among their applications the 'easy' way instead of
>>compiling real code and linking? Please, fill me in (and everyone else
>>who doesn't know what it is).
>
>It's an old concept - the old UCSD Pascal on the Apple ][ used it, for
>one.  Instead of compiling the high level language into the machine
>language for the target machine, what you do is compile it into a low
>level language similar to assembly language but not directly
>executable on the processor.  This is the P-Code, which you then run
>an interpreter on in order to produce actual results.  The advantage
>is that you can supposedly move the P-Code to another machine that
>knows how to interpret it.  The obvious disadvantage is that it's
>slower than straight machine language, and that's even before you
>consider things such as register assignments.
>
>>Windows...It's like a stale cookie.
>>OS/2..."It's like butter" (SNL quote)
>
>Shouldn't that be "It's like buttah"?  No big whoop.
>-- 
>Unix soit qui mal y pense.

Another advantage of P-code is size. P-code instructions tend to be
very high level, and as such take less space than regular machine code.
For many parts of applications, the speed disadvantage may not be very
noticable (interactive parts, for example), while the space advantage
is great.

Eirik
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: smackinl01@cc.curtin.edu.au
Subject: Re: deleting whole subdirectories
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 04:58:31 GMT

In article <1992Sep29.230019.24000@cs.brown.edu>, wcn@cs.brown.edu (Wen-Chun Ni) writes:
> In article <kevinc.717803811@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca> kevinc@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca (Kevin Crocker) writes:
>>cummins@a.cs.okstate.edu (CUMMINS JOHN WILLI) writes:
>>
>>>Anyone got a clue for me on a way to whap a directory and all its children
>>>into the bit-bucket w/o typing a compound command?  How about a simple
>>>compound command?  (Must delete SubDirs containing files and other SubDirs w/o
>>>naming them explicitly)
>>
>>I have heard that 4os2 will do this with something like a 
>>
>>ERASE /S /X [path]filename...
>>
>>where /S means do the subdirs and /X means really remove the subdirs
>>after all the files are gone.  Any confirmations on this?
> 
> The Unix command 'rm' (ported by the emx people) can also work
> 
> 	rm -rf path

Try the WPS :)
Open the drive object, then drag the folder to the shredder.
 
-- 
Simon.
Have you got a form 27/b?

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From: ffujita@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Frank Fujita)
Subject: APPS!
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: comp
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 21:12:15 GMT


Please move the discussion of 'Why OS/2 will/won't fail' and "Microsoft
does/not have a responsibility to port windows applications' to an
appropriate newsgroup -- like advocacy.  I'm not sure about the 'which
app can delete your whole hard drive quicker' thread, but the other two
definitiely don't belong here.

Frank Fujita
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: Any com program w/ kermit protocol and scroll back function?
Organization: Auburn University, AL
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 23:43:04 GMT

In article <BvHBJp.LoB@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, jclei@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Jason Lei) writes:
> I have been using Softerm since installing OS/2 without major problems.  
> However, this program lacks a scroll-back feature as provided by other com
> programs.  I know TE2 has this function but it does not provide kermit
> transfer protocol (I cannot use other protocols like x,y,z-modem).  So my
> question is if there is any program with these two features.  Any pointer

You want C-Kermit. Try ftp-os2.nmsu.edu in pub/os2/all/comm/ck5a179b.zoo
for the older version. Part of the newer and much improved 183 beta was 
uploaded recently. Look on pub/os2/2.0/.  vt102 emulation was much improved.

There are 16- and 32-bit version of 183, but only the 32-bit version was
part of the archive that I saw. The full release can be found on the main
kermit site, watsun.cc.columbia.edu, but I have forgotten the exact names.

--darrel hankerson hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
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