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From: rvaniwaa@copper.denver.colorado.edu (Ronald J. Vaniwaarden)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Irwin accutrack and OS/2 questions
Date: 9 Jan 93 17:51:27 GMT
Organization: University of Colorado at Denver

I am considering the purchase of a tape drive.  Can anyone give me some
information on the Irwin units?  I am curious as to how well their software
performs as to a command line restore, PM interface, scheduling unattended
backups, and price.  Can someone fill me in as to some of these details?

Thanks,

--Ronald Van Iwaarden
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: ifox@wam.umd.edu (Ira "Isa" Fox)
Subject: lotus 123 R3.1 (dos version) work ??
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 02:24:09 GMT

  Hello fellow os2'ers,
I just setup a new workstation w/ os2 for one of my users.  I was trying to
get lotus 123 r3.1 (DOS) to run under os2. I did what the readme describes,
but I get a NPX(accessing the math coprocessor).  Has anyone got lotus 123 3.1
to work?

   By the way the workstation is a IBM value point 486SX 25  w/ 8meg.

         Any info would be most appreciated.  Cause I have to figured out what
to do for the user.  I did suggest buying the os2 version... but here at the 
university we a tad short of fundage!
                                    - Ira
                                   ifox@wam.umd.edu
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From: wngai@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Wayne Ngai)
Subject: Printing from Unix to printer attached to PC terminal
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
Date: 8 Jan 93 19:52:31 GMT

	Hi!  I was wondering if there is/are any existing program(s) out
there that would allow for a PC terminal to print a file on the Unix
machine to the local printer that's attached to the PC terminal. e.g.
say I'm hook up to a Unix machine via modem, and I want to print a
file on the Unix machine to my PC printer.  Is there anyway of doing
that without having to download the file to my PC and do some
conversion to printout the file?  i.e. sending the print job to
printer attached to terminal.  If there is such a program, could some
kind soul please tell me where and how can I get a hold of it?

THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!
--Wayne
From: Richard.Muratti@f341.n632.z3.fidonet.org (Richard Muratti)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Autocad r12 for os/2 2.0
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 01:39:00

Does anybody know if Autodesk plans to port AutoCAD R12 to OS/2 ver 2.0.

I have been using been using AutoCAD R10 for OS/2 ver 1.1 / 1.2 since 1989 and
for the last year have been running it under OS/2 ver 2.0.


An interesting fact.
Autodesk claim that they tested a 32 bit port and found it too slow. I find
this hard to swallow as the 16 bit R10 version runs very nicely thank you.

Another interesting fact.
In Autodesk's literature they list all
platforms that they will no longer support as well as platforms that they plan
to support in the future. OS/2 appears on neither list. However, there is vauge
mention of it in some of the developers manuals.

With over 1 million copies of OS/2 sold what are they waiting for.

I'll be interested in hearing any comments on this matter.

 * Origin: Custom Programming BBS - Node 2 (3:632/341)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: pidgeon@acca.nmsu.edu (Pidgeon)
Subject: Best board and software for MIDI...
Keywords: MIDI
Organization: Alternative Collegiate Computing Association
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 19:24:32 GMT


Quick question: What is the best board and software combination for MIDI
                available for under OS/2? SoundBlaster? I am not talking 
                about MIDI for professional use, just for fun.

I welcome any experiences.

Thank you,

Stephen Berrick
From: st1pb@rosie.uh.edu (Burris, Dean E.)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: tried DCF/2
Date: 7 Jan 1993 22:45 CST
Organization: University of Houston
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: rosie.uh.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

I was wondering if DCF/2 is a good program.  I have a tiny
hard drive and it is a necessity for me to have more disk
space.  

Also, has anybody tried it with 2.1 beta?

Dean
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: tom.koschate@rose.com (tom koschate)
Subject:  InfoZip and EAs
Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 20:51:28 GMT
X-Gated-By: Usenet <==> RoseMail Gateway (v1.70)


Date Entered: 01-10-93 15:46
According to the information I've seen, Info-Zip supposedly supports  
storing of extended attributes.  However, the 32-bit version I have,  
dated August 21, 1992, weighing in at 122,624 bytes, does not do squat 
with extended attributes.  Is there a later version, or am I doing  
something wrong? 
 
Tom 
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From: mrice@mozart.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Mark W. Rice)
Subject: Re: Screensavers for OS/2
Organization: Your Organization Here
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 14:23:46 GMT

In article <C0MBLs.JKB@knot.ccs.queensu.ca>, calvert@QueensU.CA (John Calvert) writes:
|> I've run in to several problems with deskpic, none of which cripples it
|> but which all make it less attractive. I am running OS/2 v2.0 X02000.

So have I
 
|> When I open deskpic it tries to appear as only a title bar, but actually
|> ends up with the current wps image as a window. I can move this window off

|> I can't seem to get deskpic to start minimized. I have this selected in the
|> settings but it still opens with the title bar and wps image window. For 
|> awhile I had this working properly (I don't know how) but when I moved
|> deskpic to a different folder it broke again. Actually I have the same
|> problem with pulse, can't get it to start minimized, in spite of the
|> settings.

I would try the suggestions of a previous post and set the minimized
behavior to minimize to the desktop instead of the viewer, but...

I've found that when it starts "full screen" I can double click on the 
... background, to get the deskpic window open, turn on the background
operation (so the fish swim in the background on your desktop). and then
select OK, then, double click on the "background" again, to get the 
deskpic screen up again, turn OFF the "background on the desktop" option
(THAT'S NOT THE NAME, I CAN'T REMEMBER IT) and select OK again.
It will go minimized.

-- 
mark rice   803-791-6361    mark.rice@ColumbiaSC.ncr.com     My views.
From: h198@hosp.med.umich.edu  (Gene Mangum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Sytos Plus software extremely slow
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993  20:27 EDT
Organization: Univ of Michigan Hospitals
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: kestrel.hosp.med.umich.edu
X-Newsreader: FTPNuz (DOS) v1.0

In Article <baloo.726254225@mik.uky.edu> "baloo@nx01.mik.uky.edu (kevin s coupal)" says:
> I just recently got Sytos Plus software for os/2 2.0 and am very disapointed
> in how slow it is.  I tried to backup my 87 meg hard disk and it was going
> to take 3 hours!!  Before it got a hardware fault of course.  I guess trying
> to do things in other windows is out of the question?? What use is that?
> Anyhow.  Do I have to reformat my tapes with Sytos Plus?  I formated them
> with the original software that came with (DOS) the drive.  I hope I don't
> have to format all my tapes.  Ugh!
 
  [Stuff Deleted]
 
  You do indeed have to reformat your tapes, and it takes a long time 	
  (about 40 min for DC2000 tapes on my system).   I posted a complaint
  about this the other day, and received several EMails (thanks, folks)
  telling me that it's not out of line with what other tapes/packages
  take.   It had been 2 yrs since I formatted any tapes, and under DOS
  you tend to just accept things like that :-)
 
  After my tapes were formatted, the backups went OK.   I didn't record
  any times, but I think it took about 30min or so to back up 135M FAT.
  Not sure, though.   Definitely not 3 hrs for 87M.   That must have 
  included re-formatting tapes.
 
  I've had one crash, and 3 times it reported hardware errors, so I
  think they still have some bugs to work out.   But my experience
  has not been nearly as dismal as I anticipated after some remarks
  about Sytos here.
 
  The reason you can't read your DOS tapes with Sytos is that Sytos is
  completely different from the Colorado software/format used on DOS.

  Gene Mangum
  Univ of Michigan Hospitals
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: balesej@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Eric J Bales)
Subject: Enable OA v 4.50 under OS/2 2.0.1
Organization: University of Cincinnati
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 17:55:15 GMT

Is there some trick to getting Enable vs 4.50 running happily under OS/2?
It comes with both DOS and OS/2 1.x versions, but only the DOS version
will run under OS/2 2.x!  When I try to run it, it crashes before ever
reaching the menus.  (Just after asking you if you will be using a profile.)
The DOS version works fine, but I would rather use the OS/2 version...

-- 
balesej@ucunix.san.uc.edu - atreis@tso.uc.edu		 -Eric Bales-
ebales@ddt.eng.uc.edu - at098@Cleveland.Freenet.Edu
		        -The second dolphin-
Dolphins. Soon you will be one of us, and then you will understand.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: altman@cs.sunysb.edu (Jeff Altman)
Subject: Re: Borland C++, Lotus 123, Freelance Graphics ....
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, State U of NY at Stony Brook
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:41:22 GMT

Timothy F. Sipples (sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu) wrote:
: In article <1993Jan9.202135.10331@ugle.unit.no> ewaage@Lise.Unit.NO (Espen Waage) writes:
: Borland hasn't said a word -- they've been extremely silent on the
: issue, probably because of criticism for being late with Quattro Pro
: for Windows and Paradox for Windows.

I recently requested the ability to join the Borland C++ EEP and was
told that since they were so close to shipping the product that they
couldn't accept my $300.  Take it for what its worth.

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 ~   ~	| P.O. Box 849             | Jeffrey.Altman@ccmail.sunysb.edu |
 * | *	| East Setauket, New York  | 71530.3252@CompuServe.COM        |
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From: benezra_a@spcvxb.spc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Norton Commander for OS/2
Date: 7 Jan 93 01:50:51 GMT
Organization: St. Peter's College, US

> Has anybody tried Norton Commander for OS/2 2.0?
> Any opinions?

I got NC about a week ago for $49 and I really like it. It's fast and
easy, which is just what i wanted from a file manager. It's a little
immature which is what you can expect from a 1.0 ver, but for the money
there is nothing out there that compares. I've tried Flist58, DirMan,FC
Filejet and of course the ever present Drives object. Get NC if you need
a file manager.
Alan Benezra
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: X11 server in OS/2?
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 06:24:49 GMT

In article <1993Jan4.204027.18340@mksol.dseg.ti.com> rloper@mksol.dseg.ti.com (robert l loper) writes:
>I assume you can order OS/2 TCP/IP from IBM directly, but how much does it
>cost?  And what extra hardware is needed (RAM, disk space, ethernet cards)
>for it?

You can retrieve the IBM TCP/IP announcement letter from
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.  Check the file /pub/os2/00Index for location.  Note
that the price has apparently dropped: base services is now $125, with
NFS at $95 and PMX at $95.  These prices are available in the U.S.
through IBM Direct (800-IBM-2-YOU).

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sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/info
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | /faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP")
of Chicago, 60637       | [Read the List, THEN post to ONE OS/2 newsgroup.]
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: jpeltoni@niksula.hut.fi (Jussi M Peltoniemi)
Subject: better vdisk
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Distribution: comp
Date: 5 Jan 93 10:53:13


Is there better vdisk than the one that comes with os/2 2.0?

I mean vdisk that is swappable and which do not reserve ram unless
there is files in virtual disk.
I have 17 MB ram and if I make 10 MB vdisk my machine slows down quite
a bit with multiple big programs.
I need vdisk for query manager because it is very slow when printing
to file. There is no big difference if I use HPFS or FAT.
--
Jussi Peltoniemi
Tel: +358-0-593989
jpeltoni@niksula.hut.fi
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: Can a DOS comm. TSR be set above 9600bd ?
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 02:45:56 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.204008.28876@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
>>I am experiencing problems running a DOS communication TSR in
>>a VDM dos 5.0. Indeed, I cannot use a baud rate faster than 9600.
>>Can anybody give some advice in order to rise it up to 57Kbd or
>>eventually even 115200 ?
>Not without changing a piece of OS/2.  OS/2 will not (or can not)
>provide a DOS box more than 1000 interrupts per second.  9600 baud
>requires (at no parity, 8 data bits, one stop bit, one start bit) 960
>interrupts per second to receive a continuous stream.  Faster speeds
>will go beyond the limit and fail.
>Note, you can set the port to faster, and you can certainly send data
>at those speeds, but receiving at high speeds will require interrupts
>to go faster than OS/2 allows.  Either use real DOS or an OS/2 comm
>program.

It should also be pointed out that some people have reported increased
DOS session communications performance with the SIO communications
drivers, available via anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu (in
/pub/uploads at the moment; look for a file that begins with "sio").

Also, this limit is not a hard and fast one.  It is system dependent.
It also may be impacted by whether or not you have a buffered UART.

I do agree with the main conclusion, that switching over to an OS/2
communications program is your best bet.  They were designed from the
start to multitask.

-- 
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sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/info
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | /faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP")
of Chicago, 60637       | [Read the List, THEN post to ONE OS/2 newsgroup.]
From: tcf9033@venus.tamu.edu (FREY, TONY C)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Describe 4.0 for Sale
Date: 6 Jan 1993 15:01 CST
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: venus.tamu.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

 Hey folks, the holiday bills seem to have come a little earlier this year.
And for it I have Describe 4.0 for sale. I just got it in mid-November right
after it was released. I'm selling it for $120.00 + shipping (it's about 3
pounds). I haven't used it all that much since I"m on break from school but
it seems to be a very nice word processor/Desktop publishing system. If you
are interested please email me at TCF9033@venus.tamu.edu or you can call me at
409-696-5701. Thanks.
From: bdubbs@cs.tamu.edu (Bruce Dubbs)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Irwin accutrack and OS/2 questions
Date: 9 Jan 1993 21:18:24 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
NNTP-Posting-Host: neuron.tamu.edu

In article <4899@copper.Denver.Colorado.EDU> rvaniwaa@copper.denver.colorado.edu (Ronald J. Vaniwaarden) writes:
|I am considering the purchase of a tape drive.  Can anyone give me some
|information on the Irwin units?  I am curious as to how well their software
|performs as to a command line restore, PM interface, scheduling unattended
|backups, and price.  Can someone fill me in as to some of these details?

I have an Irwin Accutrak A250.  The software for OS/2 was $99.  It
works OK for me, but I have a limited need.  I do occasional backups,
but do not have a set schedule or automatic backups.  The capability
is there however.

Initially I had 2 HPFS partitions and one FAT.  I decided to make all
the partitions HPFS.  My procedure was to do a full backup, reformat
using HPFS, and restore.  Everything worked as advertised and I had no
problems at all.

The PM interface is pretty good.  

Some people complain that a floppy interface for a tape drive is slow.
For my purposes, I have no complaints on use, accuracy, or speed.

Irwin has been taken over by Maynard.  The only complaint is in
accounting. I still have a problem with them on billing for the
software that was shipped to me in late October.
   -- Bruce
--
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bdubbs@neuron.tamu.edu        |  Honest Politician, Political Science,
                              |  Scrupulous Lawyer
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Does anyone know...Swap File
Date: 6 Jan 93 21:14:03 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1993Jan06.162100.29821@watson.ibm.com> cnadler@vnet.ibm.com (Cliff Nadler) writes:
>Actually, you can control it's existence by the MEMMAN parameter. If you make
>it NOSWAP, it will only use the real memory in your system. However, if you
>run out of memory, you're in trouble. Since most systems use the swapper (even
>mine with 14Mb), you can run out of room real quick.

I'd recommend not using NOSWAP unless you have a MINIMUM of 20MB of
memory.  I have 8MB of RAM, and my swapfile typically varies between
6MB and 10MB, occasionally spiking to 12MB.  This is having DINFO,
CLOCK, ALARMS, Daily Planner, a windowed session, GNU-Emacs, GCC/2,
and the Tooklit PM reference open and running at once.

I'm running OS/2 2.0 at service level XR-6055.
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From: rommel@jonas.gold.sub.org (Kai Uwe Rommel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: InfoZip and EAs
Date: 12 Jan 93 14:02:40 GMT
Organization: Private

In article <1993Jan10.205130.29534@rose.com> tom.koschate@rose.com (tom koschate) writes:
>
>Date Entered: 01-10-93 15:46
>According to the information I've seen, Info-Zip supposedly supports  
>storing of extended attributes.  However, the 32-bit version I have,  
>dated August 21, 1992, weighing in at 122,624 bytes, does not do squat 
>with extended attributes.  Is there a later version, or am I doing  
>something wrong? 

There is a later version, dated August 26 in the usage page and
November 20 in the file's time stamp. Get this one from
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu or ftp.uni-erlangen.de (in pub/pc/os2/fauern/archiver).

Kai Uwe Rommel

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DOS ... is still a real mode only non-reentrant interrupt
handler, and always will be.                -Russell Williams
From: ksanthan@garnet.berkeley.edu (Kumaran Santhanam)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: CMS Stuff...
Date: 6 Jan 1993 23:35:58 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.berkeley.edu

I have something to say about both CMS enhancements and Colorado Memory Systems.
I bought a CMS enhancements 5.25" drive for my PS/2 many years ago and it
operated just fine (until I got my new 486 and dumped the PS/2).  I don't know
much else about CMS enhancements stuff.  About Colorado....Their hardware is
fantastic.  I have a Jumbo 120 tape drive and find it quite adequate.  However,
their backup software STINKS.  It's really, really bad.  It's slow, unintuitive,
and just downright terrible.  That's why I bought a copy of Central Point
Software's PC Tools.  Their PC Backup is fast, efficient, and easy to use.
However, it doesn't run under OS/2 (don't ask me why) and so I'm also looking
out for OS/2 backup software.
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From: Mark Kovarski <kovarski@zooid.guild.org>
Subject: Re: Norton Commander for OS/2
Organization: ZOOiD BBS
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:18:17 GMT

Kevin.Haverlock@f1.n3641.z1.fidonet.org (Kevin Haverlock) writes:
>Has anybody tried Norton Commander for OS/2 2.0?
>Any opinions?
>
>Kevin Haverlock 


Yes, using it for quite a while now and it really improves the way you work,
especially if you do a lot of File manipulations such as copying, moving etc.
It has everything except the first version does not have the GIF viewer
built-in. Otherwise, to view a text file, the viewer is very fast. Faster than
the OS/2 one. You can start any OS/2, DOS, or Windows program from NC/2 v1.
You can make it full-screen and use it all the time. It is up to your
imagination what and how you want to do it. Overall, the product is very good.
And it is not very big, just a bit over 300K of harddrive space is required.

Best Regards,
Mark K.
From: rcmerrit@apgea.army.mil (Robert C. Merritt <rcmerrit>)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Games for os/2 2.0
Date: 12 Jan 93 21:05:20 GMT
Organization: APG-Edgewood


I was wondering what games are out there that run under os /2 PM?
I have a few pac man clones and adventure clones which are cool. Brings
me back to the roots of gaming.

Now, I don't need a list of dos games, I'm happly trying out a dozen
or so now. :)

But I'm curious about os/2 games.

oh, also, has anyone very ran Sim City for windows under os/2?

Rob Merritt
From: bdubbs@cs.tamu.edu (Bruce Dubbs)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Irwin accutrack and OS/2 questions
Date: 13 Jan 93 04:28:50 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
NNTP-Posting-Host: neuron.tamu.edu

In article <9079@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> ygoland@babbage.seas.ucla.edu (The Jester) writes:
|Well I own an accutrack and have the pm software. First the software
|is a bit buggy, and tends to crash the system. But I have had no
|problems once I start a backup or a restore and I haven't had any
|tapes corrupted. But they defintly need to do more testing. Also
|when you install it, DO NOT LET IT MODIFY YOUR CONFIG.SYS IT WILL
|DESTROY IT!!!! 

Hmmm.  It didn't destroy mine, but if it messed yours up, I wouldn't
trust it for a new install.

|As for the tapes themselves. I can backup my 210 drive in around 1/2
|hour. The tape software itself, when it works, is quite powerful. It
|has a library function so it keeps tracks of whats on your tapes so
|if you want to find something you don't have to start searching
|tapes. I also believe it has a time function but for the life of me
|I can't remember and I'm at school so I can't check it out.
|
|All in all the hardware is fine, its fast and reliable and not all
|that expensive. Their compression algorithm is fairly good averaging
|between 1.5:1 and 2:1. (I got around 1.8:1 when I backed up my drive
|and 99% of my material is executable code) And I don't think their
|PM software will give you any long term problems but you should be
|aware that it is buggy.

My experience with the HW is quite similar to yours.  I only had one
software problem.  For some reason, my copy of EZTAPE.INI got
corrupted on installation.  When it was deleted, the software
reconstructed it correctly and I havn't had any problem since.

Now I am about to do a major reconstruction of my system that will
require repartitioning and reformating both hard drives and then
reinstalling all software (most non system stuff from tape).  If I
have problems, I'll post them.

    -- Bruce
--
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bdubbs@neuron.tamu.edu        |  Honest Politician, Political Science,
                              |  Scrupulous Lawyer
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