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From: guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: num-lock LED stays on
Date: 16 Dec 92 09:22:06 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.sun.misc
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
Originator: news@auspex-gw.Auspex.COM

>    This is a rediculous kludge that I wrote to annoy my office-mates.
>It's supposed to make the leds flash back and forth, like a Battlestar
>Galactica Cylon.  However, with the -u option it blanks them.  It's
>really only been tested on a sparc 1.

It should work on any machine (SPARC or non-SPARC) that has a Type 4
keyboard and that's running a sufficiently recent SunOS 4.x release (4.1
or later on SPARC machines and 68K-based Suns; I think 4.0.2 or so may
have it on 386i's).

It should also work on any SPARC machine that has a Type 4 keyboard and
that's running SunOS 5.x.  (I can't speak for PeeCees running 5.x....)

(It should "work" with a Type 5 as well; however, the Type 5's LEDs are
scattered about the keyboard, so playing a "by your command" sound file
at the same time you run it won't come across quite as well. :-))
From: surendar@elm (Surendar C.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Help needed in accessing kernel structures
Date: 11 Dec 1992 21:45:02 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester MA 01609, USA.
Reply-To: surendar@wpi.wpi.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: elm.wpi.edu
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]

Hi,
 I am not sure if this is the correct forum to ask this? But, I need some help
 in accessing kernel structures total (struct vmtotal) and cnt, rate, and sum
 (struct vmmeter). They seem to have the t_avm and t_vm fields always 0 for 
 our setup whereas in a ULTRIX machine I have valid numbers. 
 Can you tell me if I need to do something to get this info. Also, is there 
 a way I can find out about the kernel structures that maintain status 
 information, some form of ftp'able document or something??

 Thanks a lot in advance
 surendar
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: emike@sdc.com (E. Mike Durbin)
Subject: Re: SUN IPC as standalone
Organization: Systems Development Corporation
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 15:07:43 GMT

In article <1992Dec15.220949.18691@gta.com> paul@gta.com (Paul Emerson) writes:
>
>From article <e3hC02mE2eu401@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>, by esm40@cd.amdahl.com (Ed McGettigan):
>> I was thinking about getting a SUN IPC(or a 1+) for use at home and wanted
>> to run it pretty much as I do at work for developing some new X-applications.
>> I planned on doing data transfers with a modem or simply on 3.5" floppy.
>>
>> After talking to some people here at work they are under the impression that I> need some sort of a server as well (another $4000-$5000).  What's the deal?
>> I'm sure that other people are running X11R4 (tvtwm window manager)on a IPC at> home with less than 1gig disk.  If you can help I'd appreciate it.
>>
>How do you expect to run a system at home if you don't understand how the
>thing works in the first place?  Hell you can run a SLC stand alone if you
>add a properly configured disk drive.
>

Suck eggs ;-)  My brother-in-law has an SLC at home with a 669 disk and dosn't
now beans about workstations.  He just learned VI a couple of months ago.
For now, I have to help configure printers and modems for him (a one time
chore), but he may be able to do that himself with Solaris 2.1 (we'll see).

He reciently complained that he had to chase away his 9 and 6 year old kids
who were hogging the machine playing games so he could do some work.

>-- 
>Paul Emerson                             | Global Technology Associates, Inc.
>President                                | 7198 Harbor Heights Circle 
>Email: paul@gta.com                      | Orlando, FL 32835
>CIS: 72355,171                           | Tel 407-296-3636 FAX 407-295-1954

E. Mike Durbin				  | Open Business Systems, Inc.
President				  | 1044 Inverness Lane
Email: emike@obs.com			  | Itasca, IL  60143
-- 
			E. Mike Durbin
Systems Development Corp.		Open Business Systems, Inc.
emike@sdc.com				emike@obs.com

Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: scoggin@opus.ee.udel.edu (John K Scoggin)
Subject: Re: Sun Net Manager 2.0 is it available/shipping??
Organization: Delmarva Power & Light Company, Newark
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 20:29:42 GMT

In article <1992Dec17.215536.5574@mcs.anl.gov> korp@eid.anl.gov (Peter A. Korp) writes:
>Does anyone know if this application is in fact shipping? I have seen many  
>people on the net comment about it and I have read many items in the trade  
>rags about it but our Sun salesthing says it is not yet ready.
>
>Help... My application awaits SNM 2.0
>

Yes, it is shipping.  I have a SNM 2.0 CD-ROM in my hot little hands as we
speak.  I received mine through Sun Express about 2 weeks ago.

	- John

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: lhn@iss.nus.sg (Ngoh Lek Heng)
Subject: Solaris TCP/IP Implementation
Organization: Institute of Systems Science, NUS, Singapore
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1992 00:28:45 GMT


Hi, can any one shed some light on the kernel-level TCP/IP implementation on
Sun's Solaris? Does it use the "mbuf" data structure similar to that found
under SunOS 4.1.x??

Thanks in advance.

Lek






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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.sys.sun.wanted,mi.sun,comp.sys.dec
From: jipping@cs.hope.edu (Mike Jipping)
Subject: 101 Ways to Use an Old CD-ROM
Reply-To: jipping@cs.hope.edu
Organization: Hope College
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:25:17 GMT

Back in the olden days of cartridge tape media releases of software, when a
software release was obscelesced, you could reuse the cartridge tape.  In these
new-fangled days of CD-ROM distributions, when you even get demo disks and 
"home shopping disks" (like Catalyst CD-Ware), I'm curious was folks have been
doing with old disks.

At last year's SUG show in San Jose, Qualix had some CD-ROM coffee coasters:
just glue some plastic feet underneath and *presto*: new use for old media.

What do youse folks do?  Mine are starting to collect...old Catalyst CD-Ware
disks, Printer's Pallette, SunCD Demo disks, etc...  Send your replies to me
and summarize the funnier or more useful ones.

Thanks.

      Mike Jipping
      Hope College Department of Computer Science
      jipping@cs.hope.edu  (BITNET: JIPPING@HOPE)

      "It was a marketing coup ... to rename SunOS 4.1.X to 
       Solaris 1.0.  That way, Solaris 2.X could be called 
       an upgrade..."
                                    -- Rob Kolstad, SUG '92

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From: de@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Dr David England)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.sys.sun.wanted,mi.sun,comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: 101 Ways to Use an Old CD-ROM
Date: 17 Dec 92 12:42:17 GMT
Organization: Glasgow University Computing Science Dept.

kgdykes@thinkage.on.ca (Ken Dykes) writes:
>In article <1992Dec16.192517.10318@cs.hope.edu> jipping@cs.hope.edu writes:
>>new-fangled days of CD-ROM distributions, when you even get demo disks and 
>>[...] I'm curious was folks have been doing with old disks.

>CDs look luvly hanging from xmas trees.
>install them behind doorkobs.
>i wonder if they are toxic to aquarium fish...?
>glue them on cheap sunglasses for way k00l beachwear.
>get a few pegs and buil a real towers of hanoi set.
>miniature Ninja death frisbees.


From New Scientist 17 December:

"Ceedeez of Sommerville in Massachusetts is selling recycled compact discs
as jewellery. The company cuts up old CDs and CD-ROMs into small pieces,
and mounts the fragments on earrings, pendants and pins. The rings of data
pits on the shiny discs scatter light in glitering rainbow colours ...
etc"

Re-printed without permission. I've no connection with Ceedeez but I am
looking for christmas gift ideas.

Dave


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Computing Science, Unversity of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK. E-MAIL:
de@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk, PHONE: +44 (0)41 339-8855 ext 6045 (office hrs),
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From: bogstad@gauss.cs.jhu.edu (Bill Bogstad)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Uses for old CD-ROM's
Date: 19 Dec 92 20:40:59 GMT
Organization: Johns Hopkins Computer Science Department, Baltimore, MD

In article <id.V3YV.PWG@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
>In article <1gocksINNlje@almaak.usc.edu> ajayshah@almaak.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) writes:
>> How about offering them for free to net.folks?
>
>Seconded. Reuse is the best form of recycling. ...

	I agree completely, but please be sure its legal before you do.  I
may end up with 10 CD-ROMS with different versions of an application or OS
as a result of updates; but that doesn't mean that I have 10 different
licenses that I can distribute as I see fit.

				Bill Bogstad
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: paulr@fulcrum.oz.au (Paul Rosham)
Subject: Re: Information on SS-2 and SS-10 differences?
Organization: The Fulcrum Consulting Group
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 03:55:39 GMT

cmb@epcc.ed.ac.uk (C.M.Brough) writes:

>Can anyone give me low level information on the differences between
>SS-2 and SS-10 boards:

Sun have an excellent technical white paper on the SS10, which I have
misplaces and forgotten the title of. Your SUn office will have a copy.

F  U  L  C  R  U  M                                                     ()
__________________________________________________________________________
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Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia                          Fax: +61-3-621-2427
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: mckelvey@fafnir.com (James W. McKelvey)
Subject: Directories, set-guid?
Reply-To: mckelvey@fafnir.com
Organization: Fafnir Software, Saugus, CA, USA
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 07:09:59 GMT

Sorry if this is a FAQ...

What does a mode set-guid mean for a directory?  I notice that our Sun has most  
system directories, like /etc, set to mode 's' for group.  The man pages say  
this is possible but is ignored.  So why is it set???

I posted this before, but I'm pretty sure it didn't go out...

-- 
A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes, but to get in
accord with them; they are legitimately what directs his conduct
in the world. - Sigmund Freud
Jim McKelvey                      mckelvey@fafnir.com
From: esm40@cd.amdahl.com (Ed McGettigan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: SUN IPC as a standalone
Date: 15 Dec 92 03:09:12 GMT
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

I was thinking about getting a SUN IPC(or a 1+) for use at home and wanted
to run it pretty much as I do at work for developing some new X-applications.
I planned on doing data transfers with a modem or simply on 3.5" floppy.

After talking to some people here at work they are under the impression that I
need some sort of a server as well (another $4000-$5000).  What's the deal?  
I'm sure that other people are running X11R4 (tvtwm window manager)on a IPC at
home with less than 1gig disk.  If you can help I'd appreciate it.

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: rthau@qualix.com (Rick Thau)
Subject: Re: Need advice on accessing Oracle on a Su
Reply-To: rthau@qualix.com
Organization: QUALiX Group, Inc.
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 20:22:51 GMT

There is another alternative, for making the Sun look like a Novell
file server to the Novell LAN. This way the individual PC's can keep running
their unmodified system, using IPX instead of TCP/IP. The user commands, and
therefore training, are not changed at all. 

Info on this is available at info@qualix.com

---
- Rick Thau
	voice:	415/572-0200
	fax:	415/572-1300
	email:	rthau@qualix.com
	mail:	Qualix Group, Inc
		1900 S. Norfolk St., #224
		San Mateo, CA 94403
--------------------------------------------------------------
Qualix maintains a mailserver with information files and demo
versions of products.  If you would like more information on
the mailserver, send an email to qfacts@qualix.com (or,
uunet!qualix!qfacts).  The email body should take the following
form:
	BEGIN
	send help 
	send index
	END
	Name
	Address
	Phone
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: mikeh@qualis.com (Michael T. Horne)
Subject: New SPARCcenter?
Reply-To: mikeh@qualis.com
Organization: Qualis Design Corporation, Beaverton, OR
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 01:55:48 GMT


I just read about the SPARCcenter line of multiprocessor servers in
the December issue of Sun Expert ("Meanwhile, Over at the Mainframe...",
page 6).  Two questions:

	1.) Are they real?  If so, are they shipping the two-processor
	    "low end" model today?  If not, when?

	2) Are the SPECint92 numbers quoted in the article (4199 in 
	   four processor version, 7389 in the 8 processor version)
	   for real?  Is it safe to assume that the 2 processor version
	   comes in at ~2400 SPECInt92?  These numbers seem way too
	   high (perhaps off by an order of magnitude?).

I'm expecting a return call from the local sales guy, but haven't heard back
yet (hence this message).  I'm sorry if this has already been discussed
here (if so, I missed the discussion).  Also, I do not monitor this
newsgroup; please respond directly via e-mail.

Thanks in advance...

Mike Horne
mikeh@qualis.com

Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.misc
From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
Subject: Re: Uses for old CD-ROM's
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 14:24:46 GMT

In article <1gocksINNlje@almaak.usc.edu> ajayshah@almaak.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) writes:
> How about offering them for free to net.folks?

Seconded. Reuse is the best form of recycling. The same goes for any used
software or equipment. The National Cristina Foundation distributes donated
equipment to the handicapped, for example: 1-800-CRISTINA. It's the season
for giving, after all.
-- 
Peter da Silva                                            `-_-'
Ferranti International Controls Corporation                'U` 
Sugar Land, TX  77487-5012 USA
+1 713 274 5180                            "Zure otsoa besarkatu al duzu gaur?"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: korp@eid.anl.gov (Peter A. Korp)
Subject: Sun Net Manager 2.0 is it available/shipping??
Organization: Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 21:55:36 GMT

Does anyone know if this application is in fact shipping? I have seen many  
people on the net comment about it and I have read many items in the trade  
rags about it but our Sun salesthing says it is not yet ready.

Help... My application awaits SNM 2.0

--
	Peter A. Korp
	Assistant Scientist
	Argonne National Laboratory
	korp@eid.anl.gov
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: jwang@sys.toronto.edu (Jingwen Wang)
Subject: Sun's yp interface calls
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Date: 19 Dec 92 00:19:16 GMT

   I tried to use the Sun yp_get_default_domain(), yp_match(), yp_all()
calls in my program, but found it very difficult to simply get it compiled
through. The total code is only 20 lines. Why is it so difficult? Because
I simply don't know what header files should be included, and there is
no where in the man pages mentioning what should be included. I tried 
to include all relevant header files in /usr/include/rpcsvc and many
header files in /usr/include/netinet and /usr/include/sys, but had no 
luck. 

   Could someone help me please? This is the first time I found Sun's
software product is terrible.

Thanks.


-- 
  {}
{}(){} -----> Jingwen Wang, Univ. of Toronto       (416)-978-1675 (office)
  {}          jwang@sys.toronto.edu                1-800-ASK-wang (home)

--
  {}
{}(){} -----> Jingwen Wang, Univ. of Toronto       (416)-978-1675 (office)
  {}          jwang@sys.toronto.edu                1-800-ASK-wang (home)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc,alt.sources
From: franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve Franklin)
Subject: Re: Automated FTP?
Keywords: getit
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 20:42:38 GMT


Do you use sh? bash? well, try out this baby in your ~/.functions file
I like the second better myself...

sftp ()
{
    if [ $# -lt 3 ] ; then
        echo 'USAGE sftp hostname dirname filename [filename ...]';
        return 1 ;
    fi;
    FILE="/tmp/mget.$PID";
    LOG="$HOME/mget.log";
    rm -f $FILE;
    rm -f $LOG;
    echo open $1 >$FILE ;
    echo user anonymous $LOGNAME@$HOST >>$FILE ;
    echo binary >>$FILE ;
    echo prompt >>$FILE ;
    echo cd $2 >>$FILE ;
    while [ $# -ne 2 ];
    do
        echo get $3 >>$FILE ;
        shift;
    done;
    echo bye >>$FILE ;
    ftp -n <$FILE >$LOG 2>&1 ;
    rm -f $FILE
}

Or, how about this one... little simpler

lftp ()
{
    if [ $# -lt 3 ] ; then
        echo 'Usage: lftp hostname dirname filename';
        echo '       (use parts of filenames if you like)'
        return 1 ;
    fi;
    ( echo user anonymous $LOGNAME@
    echo binary
    echo prompt
    echo cd $2
    echo "mget *$3*" 
    echo bye ) | ftp $1 2> /dev/null > /dev/null &
}
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From: jja@punarastas.cs.tut.fi (Ahola Jari,,,OHJ,57541)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Re: Information on SS-2 and SS-10 differences?
Date: 15 Dec 1992 07:40:16 GMT
Organization: Technical University of Tampere, Dep. of Computer Science ,Finland 
Distribution: world
Reply-To: jja@punarastas.cs.tut.fi
NNTP-Posting-Host: punarastas.cs.tut.fi
Originator: jja@punarastas.cs.tut.fi

From article <1992Dec15.035539.3025@fulcrum.oz.au>, by paulr@fulcrum.oz.au (Paul Rosham):
> cmb@epcc.ed.ac.uk (C.M.Brough) writes:
> 
>>Can anyone give me low level information on the differences between
>>SS-2 and SS-10 boards:
> 

Here's some information (from German iX magazine, July 1992)

			SS 2		SS 10

SBus slots		2		4
Standard RAM		32 MB		32 MB
Max. RAM		128 MB		512 MB
RAM type		36-bit-parity	144-bit-ECC
# of CPUs		1		1 - 4
Clock rate		40 MHz		33 - 45 MHz
Performance		28.5 MIPS	86 - 107 MIPS per CPU
Parallel port		no		yes
Thick Ethernet		yes		yes
10BaseT Ethernet	no		yes
ISDN			no		yes
Audio			8 bit		16 bit

> Sun have an excellent technical white paper on the SS10, which I have
> misplaces and forgotten the title of. Your SUn office will have a copy.
> 

Might be this: SPARCstation 10 System Architecture, Technical White
	       Paper, Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation, May 1992.

Other paper:   The SuperSPARC Microprocessor, Technical White Paper,
	       Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation, May 1992.

-jja

-- 
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Kuusikonkatu 5 A 4     | P.O. Box 527, 33101 Tampere, Finland
33820 Tampere, Finland | Tel (intl) 358 31 161822 (work)/358 31 182488 (home)
Puh. 931-182488        | Net address: jja@cs.tut.fi, AHOLA@FINTUTA (BITNET)
From: quayle@switch.rockwell.com (Bill Quayle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Re: New SPARCcenter?
Date: 20 Dec 92 03:25:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: nb.1992Dec20.032503.18659
Reply-To: quayle@switch.rockwell.com
Organization: Switching Systems Division - Rockwell International

In article <16018@auspex-gw.auspex.com>, guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris) writes:
|> >SS10-M41 1way                    1263
|> >Sclassic Server 1way             4539
|> 
|> 	...
|> 
|> >For specifics, please refer to the above-mentioned white paper.
|> 
|> I'll have to - I'm curious why a measly Tsunami-based SPARCclassic
|> Server gets a higher SPECrate_int92 than a mighty Viking-based
|> SS10/41....

Sorry, Guy, that should be:

SS10-M41 1way                    1263
Sclassic Server 1way              626

-Bill
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: chaplin@keinstr.uucp (Roger Chaplin)
Subject: Re: SPARC sound files
Organization: Keithley Instruments, Cleveland, Ohio
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 21:26:43 GMT

Steve Rikli (steve@sleepy.tamu.edu) wrote:
: I'm trying to find some pointers to documentation for Sun SPARC
: audio sound files.

: I've got tapes full of .au files, and bunches of files in other
: formats (Amiga et al) and we're interested in building a sound
: library.  It's of interest to us to write some filters/converters
: of our own for inclusion in some of our software to covert to/from
: Sun's audio format.

You could just get SOX, a sound conversion and effects program which
will convert just about any format to just about any other format.  Check
archie, or find the FAQ for alt.binaries.sounds.d.

: Are the details of this format available to SunOS licensed users,
: or is there proprietary stickiness involved?

The aforementioned FAQ tells all.

-- 
Roger Chaplin / Instruments Division Engineering / "Though I'd been lost now I
chaplin@keinstr.uucp / CI$: 76307,3506          / felt I was found when He
#include <disclaimer.h>                        / looked at me with His
#include "disclaimer.h" /* cover all bases */ / forgiving eyes." - Michael Card
From: fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars Peter Fischer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Re: Solaris 2.1 -- draconian licensing?
Date: 12 Dec 92 21:03:16 GMT
Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, Aalborg University


>>>>> "DJ" == DJ Walker-Morgan (dj@micromuse.co.uk)

DJ> No, two *concurrent* users......

Yup. And the "two concurrent users" under the "right to use" license
has been standard with Sun's since back when we thought a 3-50 was hot
stuff. Quite interesting to think that u would even *consider* having
more than two users at a time on such a beast.....

The real meaning of this license is, of course, that if you plan to
use your Sun workstation as a "mainframe" you should buy a special
license. As delivered it's meant to be used as a desktop machine with
a random remote login, and that's what the standard license covers.

A license restricting the *total* number of users sharing the machine
in time would be insane, and in would probably not even be enforceable
in some parts of the world (like, 'round here).

/Lars
--
Lars Fischer, fischer@iesd.auc.dk | It takes an uncommon mind to think of
CS Dept., Aalborg Univ., DENMARK. | these things.  -- Calvin
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
From: masman@andy.bgsu.edu (mark Masman)
Subject: PC-NFS
Summary: Wondering how well this really works.
Keywords: PC,NFS
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 01:41:24 GMT

:i We are considering using a SUN fileserver in a 235 node PC network.  How welldoes PC NFS really work?  Or would we be better off sticking with a more traditional IBM type solution such as Banyan?
Either post responses or send e-mail to masman@andy.bgsu.edu
:x

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