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Barney Blaster 2.0
by Karl Bunker 
Karl Bunker <karlbunker@aol.com>, the author of the freeware After Dark module "Barney Blaster" last week released Barney Blaster 2.0, an updated version of one of the most popular After Dark modules featuring everyone's favorite purple dinosaur. Barney Blaster 2.0 is still free; it is available on the major commercial online services, and is on the Internet at:
ftp://mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/info-mac/gui/ad /barney-blaster-201-ad.hqx
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