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From: mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu (Allen Mulvey, SUNY, Oswego, NY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Info Wanted: Special printer that print on clothes, ribbons...
Date: 5 Nov 92 13:03:48 GMT
Organization: SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego, NY

In article <1992Nov3.152218.13108@cs.olemiss.edu>, ircgroup@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (David Tsao) writes:
> 
> I need to find a printer which can print on some odd objects other than paper,
> for example, on clothes or on nylon ribbons.
> Any help is welcome, thanks in advance!
> 
> David Tsao
> ircgroup@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu

Several companies sell heat transfer kits - print on paper or similar media 
and "iron on" to whatever you like. Try Computer & Control Solutions, 1510 
Stone Ridge Drive, Stone Mountain, GA 30083, (800) 795-3235, FAX (404) 493-
7033. They advertise for 'T' shirts, coffee cups, baseball caps, and sweat 
shirts (in color). I have never used their products. I believe Computer 
Friends has something similar but I don't have their address.

Check out the Computer Shopper for advertisements.

			Allen Mulvey
			mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu
From: tlin@luke.eecs.wsu.edu (Tai-Shan Lin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: How to adjust focus of NEC 4D?
Date: 9 Nov 92 09:26:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: serval.1992Nov9.092602.21368
Organization: Washington State University!


I have a 2 years old NEC 4D which is out of focus a little bit. It is hard
to read small fonts at 1024x768 mode.  How to adjust the focus
myself? If you have experience on this, please email so not to waste the
net bandwidth. I will post a summary if I get enough replies.

Thanks in advance.

Tai-Shan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: mccleod@iastate.edu (PRS Axe)
Subject: Re: HP LaserJet 4
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 03:46:56 GMT

In <sasbge.721017760@ant> sasbge@unx.sas.com (Gantt Edmiston) writes:


>>Yesterday I saw a commercial advertising HP LaserJet4.
>>It was not advertised by HP but by a computer store.
>>According to the ad it is 600dpi, uses HPL5(sp) language as 3 series.
>>I think it also said it is postcript compatible but I'm not sure.
>>Does anybody have more info on this?

>Well, if you pick up just about *any* recent PC/Unix magazine you'll
>find *lots* of info.  The printer has 600dpi x 600dpi rez and 8ppm.
>Does HP PCL 5 and Postscript 2.0  Holds 250 sheets of paper and 
>can be configured with an extra tray for 500 more (750 total).  There's
>also an auto envelope option (read wadder ;-)  The printer uses a
>new (read different) toner cartridge (~$150 each-OUCH!)

>It also can be configured with a wide array of network boards.  The
>serial, parallel and network ports can be configured at the same
>time and thus several systems/networks can access the printer
>simultaneously.   It's ~35 pounds light and smaller than the LJ3si.
>Comes standard with 2MB and can be configured up to 32MB.  Has
>RISC processor.  It's priced $200 cheaper than the current 3si
>and if I remember right, it's about $2199.  The review in _PC Sources_
>sez that the mail order price should be around $1400.  I found that
>a bit low, but we'll see.  The parallel port is Bi-directional.

The above info is all correct,  here at ISU the educational price is $1294 
w/out PS or Appletalk. I think it's like around $1700 with the above 
mentioned. :)
We have a demo in the MPC and it is a beautiful machine :) IMHO of course.
I used to think that the 300 dpi from laser printers was something else, but
when I saw the 600 dpi I was flabergasted. heh
Looks like everyone will be on the chase for hp now.
I also now have ed. pricing for all the accesories, if you are intrested
respond here. :)
-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Am I buggin' you?.......Don't Mean ta bug ya. - Bono
PRS Axe a.k.a. mccleod@iastate.edu, Polo, Nigel, & Neil Eric Wood
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: chuckc@fc.hp.com (Chuck Cairns)
Subject: Re: Information of 486 motherboard? 
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 06:52:04 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Site
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.6 PL6]

Hmmm,

Your perfect PC and mine align well. I'm not too concerned about the
P24. I do want FAST-SCSI-II though. UltraStor makes a VL-bus SCSI-II
controller the 34F.  I'm not sure that I need EISA if I have a VL bus 
SCSI controller since I can put a large number of fast disks on it.

Some notes: 

 Cornell does sell a combo EISA/VL system. It uses a motherboard from
 a company called "Joindata". I can't find them on the CD-rom database
 of Computer Select ... don't know anything about them. Micronics also
 has the motherboard used in the Gateway 2K VL-bus systems. You can get it
 (not quickly perhaps) from other Micronics suppliers. Also Diamond has a new
 VL-bus MB. Young micro (sp?) will have a combo EISA/VL soon in their ELISA 
 series.  I assume that AMI is also working on it.

 So .... My perfect system ...

 1) MB with 2VL + 6 EISA + built in 2 serial + parallel + IDE + floppy 
   with 256 KB of fast! write-back Cache ... needed for 50MHZ and P24.
   Go for the 486DX2-66 for now.
   ~$1200
 3) Room for up to 128 Megabytes - start with 16 Meg ( :-) )
   ~$800 (this week)
 4) EISA FAST-SCSI-II controller (Adaptec 1742 or Ultrastor 24F)
   ~$450
 5) Maxstor MXT520 6200 RPM drive ~3 to 4 megabytes/sec.  (or 2 :-) )
   ~$1200.
 6) #9 VL-bus graphics card with 2Meg VRAM and S3 86C928 chip ~48Meg Winmarks!
   ~$500.
 (I'm guessing form what I've read and heard) with feature connector unlike ATI
 7) Nanao 560i 17" monitor. MPR-II low emission. Nice! from what I read.
   ~$1500 (I think)
 8) NEC CDR-74 external double-speed CD drive.
   ~$500
 9) Turtle Beach Multisound card.
   ~$550 (may drop more due to the Gravis ultrasound and new DSP cards)
 10) HP or Archive - SCSI DAT tape backup
   ~$1300
 11) 16-bit video capture card with compression. ???
   ~$2000
 12) PC Power and Cooling PS and Case (tower ~300 Watts, 2 or 3 fans)
   ~150
 13) Logitec BUS 3 button mouse.
   ~75
 14) Windows NT
   ~$200  (who knows ?)

   Ouch, I'm afraid to add it all up ! ... Ouch !

 I'm going to work in the direction of the VL-EISA and see where I get!
 Things are changing rapidly, especially with Comdx next week !

 Cheers,
 Chuck

 chuckc@fc.hp.com
 #STD Disclaimer 
 These are only MY OPINIONS and not the opinions or policy of HP.
From: frisk@complex.is (Fridrik Skulason)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Is 5 MB/sec to disk possible?
Date: 9 Nov 92 22:19:45 GMT
Organization: Frisk Software International, Iceland

johnhunt@apee.ogi.edu (John Hunt) writes:

>1.  Can anyone suggest a disk for this application?

The suggestion below may sound silly, but it would work, if there is
sufficient time between the 20Mbyte bursts.

   Fill the machine up with RAM (32 Meg) and create a 30M RAMdisk.
   Each burst would more-or-less fill it, but with enough time between
   bursts, you would not have any problems writing the data to a slow disk
   between the bursts.

-frisk
From: rseymour@reed.edu (Robert Seymour)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: The P5 will be called the Pentium
Keywords: PowerPC, Apple
Date: 11 Nov 92 08:51:25 GMT
Article-I.D.: reed.1992Nov11.085125.6257
Reply-To: rseymour@reed.edu
Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR

In article <1992Nov10.221952.10085@spang.Camosun.BC.CA>  
dbarker@spang.Camosun.BC.CA (Deryk Barker) writes:
> In article <BxGsK1.5o0@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu  
(Iskandar Taib) writes:
> >In article <1992Nov4.052421.11291@nuscc.nus.sg> law30056@nusunix1.nus.sg  
(TAN KEN HWEE) writes:
> >>Say... when will the Sex-tium or Sexium come out?!
> >>Red-hot fast and flashy, it should be!
> >
> >
> >Naah....
> >
> >they'll just call it the Pentium II...
> >
> >
> >
> >Wonder what Motorola has up its sleeve...
> 
> An arm?
> 
> Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept., Camosun College, Victoria B.C.

	The same thing that IBM & Apple do, PowerPC. I hope they build a good  
computer, since many companies will build them (IBM, Apple, ?clones?, etc.) and  
there will be a large number of OSs available (i.e. Macintosh, OS/2, Windows  
NT, ?Solaris?, ?NeXTstep?, etc.). Any ideas on PowerPC ROM?

Note: 	Apple will pass IBM this year in unit sales. Pretty scary considering  
	IBM was the personal computer market in the days of the PC. 

--
Robert Seymour				rseymour@reed.edu
Departments of Physics and Philosophy
Artificial Life Project			Reed College
Reed Solar Energy Project (SolTrain)	Portland, OR
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: faruque@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Abdullah Faruque,334CH,3752,2654247)
Subject: Re: How to Install MFM+IDE.??
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 20:51:01 GMT

From article <1992Nov11.162031.9219@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>, by etorrem@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (engelbert.jgm.torremans):
> 
> All,
> 
> In general it is not possible to combine an IDE and a RLL drive.
> The reason is that both controllers use the same addressrange.

The Seagate ST21/22M (MFM type) and ST21/22R (RLL type) controllers
can be configured at the secondary hard drive port address. These
controllers co-exist with IDE cards. You can use one IDE drive (C:
drive) and one MFM/RLL drive (D: drive) using ST21/22M or ST21/22R
controller in conjuction with an IDE card. Both of these Seagate
controllers have a on board BIOS and you have to enable it while using
it as a secondary controller. You do not need any other software
driver. The only limitation in this case is that, you can not use more
than two drives (one IDE and one MFM/RLL) at a time.

-Faruque
email: faruque@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: sarnold@andy.bgsu.edu (G. Steve Arnold)
Subject: IDE Installation troubles
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 23:10:01 GMT


	Well, this is a new experience. Me asking about an IDE problem in this
group. Nevertheless...


	Here's the deal. At work, I'm trying to replace an old Seagate SCSI
drive with a shiny new Western Digital Caviar 2120 (120MB) hard drive.
The system won't recognize the drive. During the BIOS init (bootup), the 
system looks for about a minute and reports a C: drive (general?) failure.
after booting from a floppy, FDISK fails to find the drive and reports 
'error reading fixed disk'. 

	1) The drive is fine. I hooked it up to my machine at home with no
	   trouble whassoever. It formated and worked nicely.

	2) The AMI BIOS is brand spanking new. (upgraded last week).
	   The gentleman at hard drives international said that the BIOS 
	   'might not be a real AMI BIOS'. I purchased the upgrade from 
	   SMARTMICRO in California. Anyone know anything about them I don't?

	3) Nothing 'obvious' is wrong. Ie, cables, CMOS setup, jumpers are
	   correct and have been reinstalled and rechecked several times.

	4) The paddle board should be fine. I tried 2 Vitex (cheapo) cards 
	   from HDI, plus a BOCA paddle board from a local shop. All 3 yield
	   identical results...

	I'm really stumped. My best guess is that there is something about 
either the motherboard or the BIOS that ain't kosher and prevents the BIOS
from seeing my adapter board. Does anybody have *any* new ideas? I've 
called HDI a bunch of times and talked to tech support. They're about where
I am -- confused. I can't remember the name of the motherboard manufacturer,
but it's just a generic 386-25DX with standard (hope) components as far as I
can tell. Could this be a problem with a slight BIOS incompatability? Could
this be related to the Keyboard BIOS (I don't think so, but you never know...)
Might this be a card problem? (I don't think so -- tried different cards, 
different machines -- just that machine seems to be having trouble.)

	Has anyone out there had a similar problem?

	Appreciation for any new help you can provide -- steve


-- 
   The only difference between a Communist        G. Steve Arnold
   and a Socialist is that the Socialist will     Dept. Math and Stats.
   only confiscate the resources that are         BGSU
   profitable.                                    sarnold@andy.bgsu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: yen1366@cucs18.cs.cuhk.hk (Yen Chui Tin)
Subject: Mouse changed mode
Organization: Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese U. of Hong Kong
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 03:36:39 GMT

   I've got a problem on my QuickMouse mechanical. I found that the
mouse sometimes changed mode when some software, like Telemate, Laplink
try to access com ports (I've got an internal modem on COM4, mouse on
COM4). Since the mouse is default to Microsoft mode and has no switch on
it. It's very dangerous for me to use it after it changed to Mouse
System mode. Can anybody help?

Regards,
CT Yen.
From: mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu (Allen Mulvey, SUNY, Oswego, NY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Video card/program for Poor Eyesight
Date: 10 Nov 92 13:16:41 GMT
Organization: SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego, NY

In article <1992Nov9.031621.22731@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, dfuller@nyx.cs.du.edu (Desi Fuller) writes:
> We have a librarian here at the American Red Cross who has failing
> eyesight and is having difficulty reading a normal DOS screen.
> 
> We would like to get her a program/hardware which will have large
> fonts for her to read.  Please keep in mind she is not using the 
> Windows world (we had a hard enough time getting her to use the
> PC at all... ;)
> 
> Suggestions?
> 
> - Desi
> 
> --
> Desmond S. Fuller - Network Administrator       American Red Cross
>                                                 Jerome H. Holland Laboratory
> Office - (301) 738-0898                         15601 Crabbs Branch Way
> FAX    - (301) 738-0794                         Rockville, MD  20855-2743

My daughter is legally blind and has a similar problem. We contacted 
AURORA, formerly The Light House, and they had several sources of software.
However, most were very expensive so we opted to just put the money into a 
20 inch monitor. This has worked well for us. AURORA has offices in most 
parts of the world. Check the directory of the nearest major city and give 
them a call. They may even find a way to finance the change.

			Allen mulvey
			mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu
From: csc2mxs@cabell.vcu.edu (Marko Siladin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Gateway 2000 LB win problems
Date: 5 Nov 1992 10:18:45 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu


Hi everybody!
I've been following the discussion of the software/hardware problems
of the new Gateway machines with much interest. One of the reasons 
was that I was waiting for my upgrate to arrive. 486-33DX -> 
4DX-33V. And finaly (for good or bad) it arrived yesterday.
I first transfered most of my files thrugh the serial post from
my old machine to the new one. Then I started testing. 

Since it was an upgrade the ATI Ultra Pro was not configured for 
my monitor (G2k 1572FS). I found that out when I changed my graphic
mode in Windows to 1024x768x256. It was INTERLACED. So I had to exit
Windows end go into the install program and change the monitor type
to 1572FS. After that windows worked OK. I ran Winmark 2.5 and got
around 25Mpixels/second in 1024x768x256. I saw no visible problems.
Switching to the 640x480x65k worked also OK. The desktop color
pallete changer looked beoutifull. PSTYLER also worked. I than 
tried a Public domain/Shareware program for drawing 3d graphs, and
there I encounterd problems. Several lines of the mash were being 
drawn at random places around its window (but not the display - so
probably a driver problem). One other problem apeared when
I tried the 800x600 resolution. Neither worked. Althogh the ATI test
program successfully ran 800x600x256, windows reported at startup
that the card was not installed for that resolution (or something
like that - I'll hace to try it again and write down the message)
Also the ATI test program did not let me test the 800x600x65k and
1280x1024x16 modes although the manual states that they should work
with 1MB. These are the Windows problems I have encountered so
far. The dos problems are comming up in the next message....

...Marko

P.S 
Please quote only the relevant material in replies. I have a 2400
baud conection, and it takes hours to read the messages over
and over again. ThanX
From: Jim_Johnson@abcd.Houghton.MI.US (Jim Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: HP LaserJet 4
Distribution: world
Date: 11 Nov 92 08:08:49 EST
Organization: Amiga BitSwap Central Dispatch

In a message dated Mon  9 Nov 92 21:25, Hchong@netcom.com (hoi Chong)
wrote:

 HC> Is the HP4 duplex?  Or do we have to pay more for a HP4D?  I would
 HC> assume
 HC> that with 2 trays, it would do duplex (like the 2 trays in 2D).

The HP LJ4 is not duplex (that is, it does not print on both sides of the
sheet in one pass, if that is what you mean).  The printer uses one paper
cassette (as in most of the LJ printers) and a paper tray (as in the LJ2P)
to give you dual paper type access (such as, letterhead and plain paper).

-- Via DLG Pro v0.995

jim_johnson@abcd.houghton.mi.us
from Calumet, Michigan, USA -the world's former copper mining capital, 
located on Lake Superior and home to America's newest National Park,
** The Keweenaw National Historic Park **
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: fredrick@acd.acd.ucar.edu (Timothy Fredrick)
Subject: Can I get a 212MB IDE disk to work on an HP Vectra?  How?
Organization: Ntl Center for Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Chemistry
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 15:05:08 GMT

We have an HP Vectra 386-PC with a BIOS that supports an internal streaming
tape device, but does not support an IDE hard disk we're trying to install.
The disk is 212MB, 16-heads, and otherwise has a number of tracks and a
number of sectors per track that doesn't fit into any of the few disk drives
that HP supports in their "setup" program.

I tried Ontrack Disk Manager 4.2 but it freezes the machine as at boot time.
I tried the /o option on DMDRVR.BIN.  The Vectra is running DOS 5 BTW.  Will
Ontrack Disk Manager 5.0 help?

The HP BIOS is dated 1989 -- it seems pretty recent not to allow you to
configure your own disk drive as you can on other PC's.

I would appreciate any advice or suggestions from the net.  Thanks in
advance.

--Tim Fredrick
  Ntl Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80307-1000
From: wdb3926@zeus.tamu.edu (BRUTON, WILLIAM DANIEL)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Formatting Harddisk
Date: 13 Nov 92 04:35:00 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

We recently obtained an old IBM compatable computer from surplus
at our university.  We tried to use FDISK to format the harddrive....
it responded with "fixed disk not present".

Upon booting the computer, it tries to boot from the harddrive
and then throws a 1701 on the screen and then boots from a floppy. 

I got an "Invalid Drive Specification" error....everytime I try 
to do anything to the harddrive....  The computer is an old Tandy
that we want to use for modem uses from our observatory.  The 
harddrive would come in handy.

Any ideas?

Dan
From: rj@cadre.com (Rob deFriesse)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: HDC technical info. wanted.
Date: 11 Nov 92 20:00:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: fripp.1992Nov11.200040.1839
Reply-To: rj@cadre.com
Organization: Cadre Technologies Inc.

I got some more:

Adaptec:       (408) 945-8600   bbs: (408) 945-7727

Future Domain: (714) 259-0400   bbs: (714) 253-0432

PSI:           (512) 448-4965

BusLogic (formerly Bustek)
               (408) 492-9090
--

  Rob deFriesse                                          Mail:    rj@cadre.com
  Cadre Technologies Inc.                                Phone: (401) 351-5950
  222 Richmond St.                                       Fax:   (401) 351-7380
  Providence, RI  02903

  My opinions are my own and do not represent the position of Cadre in any way.
From: mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu (Allen Mulvey, SUNY, Oswego, NY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Microscience 7100-20 IDE HD Problems
Date: 9 Nov 92 16:24:43 GMT
Organization: SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego, NY

In article <cheese3.27.0@ioc.unibe.ch>, cheese3@ioc.unibe.ch (Daniel Hirschi) writes:
> I have problems with my harddisk: It kepps making bad sectors! After it had 
> some 30 bad sectors about six months ago, i sent it in, they did a low-level-
> format and it was ok. But now it gets bad sectors again! It is a IDE-Harddrive
> MICROSCIENCE 7100-20 with 120 mb capacity.
> I called in to the technician and was told that the errors tend to come 
> more often with age and number of low-level-formats.
> 
> What should I do???? Calibrate and Speedstor 5.2 are available, but should I 
> use them?? Anybody having the same problems???
> 
> Thanx!    Daniel
> Daniel Hirschi                    >> RFC:         hirschi@ioc.unibe.ch
> Institute of Organic Chemistry    >> SPAN/HEPnet: 20579::49852::hirschi
> University of Bern                >> DECnet (CH): 49852::hirschi
> Freiestrasse 3                    >> X.400:       S=Hirschi; OU=ioc; O=unibe;
> CH-3012 Bern                                      P=switch; A=arcom; C=ch
> (Switzerland)          Phone: ++41 (0)31 654376   Fax: ++41 (0)31 654499


I had a similar problem with one of these drives. I put a scope on my power 
supply and found a signal that was anything but flat. A new power supply 
cured the problem.

			Allen Mulvey
			mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu
From: ACPS6992@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca (Raj Ramnarace)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: 486DLC ?
Date: 7 Nov 92 18:04:13 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute

Hello,

    I would like to know where I can write or send email to for information
  regarding the Cyrix486DLC.

   P.S. you can send me email if you've got any specs..that would greatly be
appreciated...

                         Thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: nbx@atom.ansto.gov.au (Ned Blagojevic)
Subject: Zeos suuplier in Australia?
Organization: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 01:17:40 GMT

I would appreciate if anyone can tell me if there is a Zeos motherboard
supplier in Sydney Australia.

Thanks,

Ned

nbx@atom.ansto.gov.au

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel)
Subject: Re: Bernoulli drive?
Organization: DAFCO: OS/2 Software Support & Consulting
Distribution: comp
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 00:05:34 GMT

edwong@acs.nntp-read.bu.edu (Edward Wong) writes:


>Hi all,

>	I want to know the performance and the reliability of a Bernoulli
>drive? (i.e. the access time) Does any of you own one?  I am thinking of
>buying a Bernoulli 90PRO.  There is one concern, if I eventually buy one,
>then shall I treat it as a backup disk, or a hard disk?


I used 10 meg bernoullis as my main drive. All the Bernoullis are
extremely reliable. I now use a 20 and a 90 meg drive. You will be
very happy with it. 
-- 
Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
 
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