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- HawkEye 2.0 (TM) for Windows 95
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- for the Number Nine Imagine (TM) 128 Series
-
- Version 2.13
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- This file contains the latest information about Hawkeye 2.0 for Windows 95
- for the Imagine 128 Series. The entire contents of this file should be read
- because information contained here may not appear in other printed
- documentation or in on-line Help.
-
- In addition, the following text file is provided with Hawkeye for Windows 95
- for the Imagine 128 Series to supplement this READ_ME.TXT:
-
- FILELIST.TXT
- A complete list and description of all the files included with
- Imagine 128 Series HawkEye for Windows 95.
-
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- CONTENTS
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-
- INSTALLING IMAGINE 128 SERIES HAWKEYE FOR WINDOWS 95 DRIVER AND UTILITIES
- RESOLVING ISSUES WITH YOUR NUMBER NINE BOARD
- SOFTWARE UPGRADES
- USING THE NUMBER NINE BULLETIN BOARD SERVICE (BBS)
- WORLD GROUP MANAGER (WGM)
- INTERNET
- COMPUSERVE
- DIRECT DRAW, DCI AND VIDEO FOR WINDOWS
- TROUBLESHOOTING HAWKEYE FOR WINDOWS 95 DRIVER AND UTILITIES
- OTHER PROBLEMS
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- INSTALLING IMAGINE 128 SERIES HAWKEYE FOR WINDOWS 95
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-
- NOTE: Before installing the Number Nine drivers, please close
- all open application programs and disable any anti-virus
- software that is running on your computer until the
- HawkEye for Windows 95 installation is complete!!!
-
- Installing the Imagine 128 Series software is a one step procedure.
- Simply run the file 'Setup.exe' to install both the Windows 95 drivers
- and the HawkEye 95 feature set.
-
-
- PRELIMINARY: If you have downloaded the driver from our BBS, World Wide Web
- home page or FTP site, continue installation by following steps 1 and 2 below.
-
- NOTE: Do NOT store these files in a
- DIRECTORY called C:\NUMBER9 as it will
- create a conflict with the configuration
- FILE of the same name!!!
-
-
- STEP 1: SETUP.EXE will perform the HawkEye for Windows 95 installation
- for you.
-
- Specify the path to the new driver using one of the examples below:
-
- Example 1: From the Imagine 2 CD-ROM:
- - Insert the Imagine 2 CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
- - From Windows 95:
- - Click on the Windows 95 'Start' button.
- - Select Run...
- - Run SETUP from the \WIN95 subdirectory on your
- CD-ROM drive. For example, if your CD-ROM is
- drive D:, then you should type:
- D:\WIN95\SETUP.
-
- Example 2: From diskette:
- - Insert the HawkEye for Windows 95 Diskette
- into your floppy drive.
- - From Windows 95:
- - Click on the Windows 95 'Start' button.
- - Select Run...
- - Type a:\setup (if a: is your floppy drive)
- - Press Enter
-
- Example 3: From your hard drive or network drive:
- - From Windows 95:
- - Click on the Windows 95 'Start' button.
- - Select Run...
- - Type in the full path to the directory where
- you copied the Imagine 128 Series HawkEye for Windows
- 95 driver files, either on your local hard
- drive or on a network drive.
- - Run 'setup.exe'.
-
- Example 4: If you're not sure exactly where the drivers are:
- - From Windows 95:
- - Click on the Windows 95 'Start' button.
- - Select Run...
- - Choose the "Browse..." button to find them.
- - Run Imagine 128 Series 'setup.exe'.
-
-
- When prompted, you must restart Windows 95 to complete the
- installation of your new HawkEye for Windows 95 features.
-
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- RESOLVING ISSUES WITH YOUR NUMBER NINE BOARD
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-
- The Number Nine Web Site at http://www.nine.com/ contains extensive
- technical information about your new Number Nine board, including FAQs
- (frequently asked questions). The Technical Support pages on the Web
- site can be found at http://www.nine.com// These include our newest
- drivers for download from our FTP server, FAQs (Frequently asked
- questions with solutions), and Windows 95 information. The FAQs, as
- well as the Troubleshooting section in this README, will answer most
- of your technical support questions.
-
- If you are experiencing a problem and wish to determine whether
- it is related to your Number Nine board, Windows 95 allows the
- user to incrementally decrease the video acceleration. In doing
- so you can determine whether or not it is the display driver
- that is causing the problem.
-
- To lower the acceleration:
-
- - Click on the Windows 95 'Start' button.
- - Select 'Settings' and then 'Control Panel'.
- - Double click on the 'System' icon.
- - Click on the 'Performance' tab, then on the 'Graphics' button.
- - Move the acceleration slider to 'None' then click on OK.
- - Click on OK again.
- - You will then be prompted to restart your computer.
- - Click 'yes'.
-
-
- NOTE!: MOST HAWKEYE FOR WINDOWS 95 FEATURES WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE
- WITH ACCELERATION SET TO NONE!!
-
- The functionality of HawkEye for Windows 95 is affected by the video
- accelerator slider position as follows:
-
- ---+ (Full) all accelerator functions - full HawkEye support
- --+- most accelerator functions - Partial HawkEye support
- (No Chameleon Cursor)
- -+-- basic accelerator functions - minimal HawkEye support
- +--- (None) no accelerator functions - minimal HawkEye support
-
-
- If the problem still occurs in an unaccelerated mode, then the problem
- is most likely being caused by Windows 95 or other hardware/software
- and not by the HawkEye for Windows 95 driver.
-
- If the problem does not occur, reset the video acceleration to full
- and restart Windows 95. The Status application in the HawkEye Control
- Panel gives much information on the configuration of the card.
-
- If a problem is application specific, please have vendor information
- and application version information readily available.
-
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- SOFTWARE UPGRADES
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-
-
- Even though you may have just received your Number Nine software,
- newer versions may be available. Free upgrades are provided to
- all Number Nine customers on the Number Nine Bulletin Board
- System (BBS), World Wide Web home page and FTP site.
-
- To see if you have the latest version, compare the version number
- of your software (on the label of the provided diskette or in
- Status in the HawkEye for Windows 95 Control Panel under Windows
- Disk Version) with the version number of the corresponding software
- on the BBS, World Wide Web home page or FTP site.
-
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- USING THE NUMBER NINE BULLETIN BOARD SERVICE (BBS)
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-
- (USA)
- Dial: (617) 862-7502
- Baud Rates: Up to 28,800 baud
- Compression: HST, v.32 and v.42 supported
- Modem Setup: 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity
- Required: PKUNZIP 2.04g to decompress files
-
- (EUROPEAN OFFICE)
- Dial: + 49 89 614 491 66
- Baud Rates: Up to 14,400 baud
- Compression: HST, v.32 and v.42 supported
- Modem Setup: 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity
- Required: PKUNZIP 2.04g to decompress files
-
- The BBS has a separate file area for each Number Nine product.
- The latest driver updates can be found in each product's file
- area, and files of general interest (shareware, etc.) can be
- found in the General library. An E-mail system is available
- for technical questions about Number Nine products or about
- the BBS in general. A complete listing of available files can
- be downloaded by invoking the "Download List of Files" command
- from any file library menu.
-
- On the US BBS, RIP graphics are supported, and a RIP compatible
- terminal program is available in the General library
- (RIPTM154.ZIP).
-
- Many files are self-extracting, but some files will require the
- latest version of PKUNZIP to decompress. PKUNZIP is available
- in the General library (filename PKZ204G.EXE), and can also be
- found on most on-line services such as CompuServe and America
- Online.
-
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- WORLD GROUP MANAGER (WGM)
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- Number Nine's BBS now supports the Worldgroup Windows-based BBS client.
- Worldgroup Manager is a program which connects you to any on-line
- service running Worldgroup server software. You can download the
- client software from the General Library on our BBS.
-
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- INTERNET
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-
- Number Nine now has an FTP site. All current Number Nine
- Drivers are available to anyone with access to the Internet.
- Our FTP Address is: ftp.nine.com.
-
- Number Nine also has a World Wide Web server at: http://www.nine.com.
- Information about Number Nine products as well as our FTP site can
- now be accessed at our World Wide Web site.
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- COMPUSERVE
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-
- Number Nine also has a dedicated forum on CompuServe. This can be
- reached by typing GO NINE at the appropriate prompt. We are located
- in the Graphics C Vendor forum, under the name 'Number Nine'.
- Technical Support questions can be posted in this area and are
- addressed every day.
-
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- DIRECT DRAW, DCI AND VIDEO FOR WINDOWS
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- DCI support is now incorporated into 'Direct Draw' for Windows 95.
- Direct Draw requires library files that are not included with Hawkeye
- for Windows 95. Installing any Direct Draw application or game will
- install these files.
-
- NOTE: Direct draw support is currently only available on the Imagine Series 2
- product line. Direct draw support for the Imagine 128 is currently under
- development, and will be available from the #9 BBS or FTP site as soon as it
- is completed.
-
- The Video for Windows extensions are also no longer necessary in Windows 95.
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- TROUBLESHOOTING HAWKEYE FOR WINDOWS 95 DRIVER AND UTILITIES
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- 1. HawkEye for Windows 3.1 will not run on a new or upgraded Windows 95 configuration.
-
- Resolution:
- HawkEye for Windows 3.1 is not intended to be run on Windows 95.
- You need to upgrade to HawkEye for Windows 95.
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- 2. Number Nine Energy Saver feature does not appear in the Number Nine
- HawkEye Control Panel for Windows 95.
-
- Resolution:
- Energy Saver support is built into Windows 95 and can be selected
- from Display properties in the Windows 95 Control Panel.
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- 3. After shutting down HawkEye you cannot locate it to reopen it.
-
- Resolution:
- Double click on the Number Nine icon on the Windows 95 task bar to reopen
- HawkEye.
-
- * * *
-
- 4. You have selected 32K colors (15bpp) using Resolution Exchange
- but Windows 95 Display Properties Settings indicates that you
- are at 65K colors (16bpp).
-
-
- Resolution:
- Windows 95 does not provide a 15bpp color depth option and will
- indicate 16bpp when either 15bpp (32K colors) or 16bpp (65K colors)
- have been selected through Resolution Exchange.
-
- You can use Resolution Exchange or Status to distinguish between
- 15bpp and 16bpp color depth settings.
-
- * * *
-
- 5. After changing resolution or color depth using Windows 95
- 'Desktop area' or 'Color palette' your monitor exhibits slight
- color separation (especially visible around text) and vertical
- lines seem to shimmer .
-
-
- Resolution:
- Use Monitor Adjustment to change the refresh rate slightly.
-
- NOTE: It is important to select the correct monitor model in
- Windows 95 Display Properties.
-
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- 6. You press your Zoom Hawk Key and no zoom occurs or when you open
- the Zoom property page no zoom levels are available.
-
-
- Resolution:
- 1) In general, more Zoom levels are available at higher color depths.
-
- 2) Some Zoom levels may become unavailable after changing the
- vertical refresh rate (using Monitor Adjustment).
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- 7. When you change color depths with Resolution Exchange you are asked
- to restart Windows 95.
-
- Resolution:
- You will always be prompted to restart Windows 95 when you
- change color depths.
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- 8. In Status, the Current Monitor Resolution does not update when
- zooming.
-
- Resolution:
- The Current Monitor Resolution is not intended to reflect zoomed
- resolutions.
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- 9. Chameleon Cursor does not function when using "3D pointers",
- "Windows Standard (extra large)", and "Windows Standard (large)"
- pointer schemes, or Windows 95 mouse trails.
-
- Resolution:
- These pointer schemes and mouse trails are all software cursors. Chameleon
- Cursor is for use on Hardware Cursors, and will not work on software cursors.
- To find your mouse easily, we suggest either using Mouse Trails or Chameleon Cursor.
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- 10. At 256 colors, desktop background colors may flash or
- shift noticeably behind an active window.
-
- Resolution:
- With 256 colors, Windows 95 keeps the correct colors in the active window,
- and allows the background colors to flash or shift. With high color depths,
- Windows 95 keeps all colors correct.
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- 11. During the installation of HawkEye for Windows 95, you get the error
- message "Unable to find #9 configuration file."
-
- Resolution:
- You may have created a temporary DIRECTORY called Number9 in
- your ROOT directory (C:\Number9). Our configuration FILE is called
- Number9 and is located in the ROOT directory (C:\Number9). Rename
- the Number9 directory in the root directory to another name. It
- is necessary that the Number9 configuration file remains in the
- root directory of your boot drive.
-
- * * *
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- 12. Minor corruption is visible in a Windows application.
-
- Resolution:
- If you are experiencing a problem and wish to determine whether
- it is related to your Number Nine board, Windows 95 allows the
- user to incrementally decrease the video acceleration. In doing
- so you can determine whether or not it is the display driver
- that is causing the problem.
-
- To lower the acceleration:
-
- - Click on the Windows 95 'Start' button.
- - Select 'Settings' and then 'Control Panel'.
- - Double click on the 'System' icon.
- - Click on the 'Performance' tab, then on the 'Graphics' button.
- - Move the acceleration slider to 'None' then click on OK.
- - Click on OK again.
- - You will then be prompted to restart your computer.
- - Click 'yes'.
-
-
- If the problem still occurs in an unaccelerated mode, then the problem
- is most likely being caused by Windows 95 or other hardware/software
- and not by the HawkEye for Windows 95 driver.
-
- If the problem does not occur, reset the video acceleration to full.
- In the [Imagine-Series2] (or [Imagine-Series] for the I128) section of
- SYSTEM.INI, a Validate Parameters control flag may be altered to improve
- Windows application reliability.
-
- In SYSTEM.INI, under [Imagine-Series2] (or [Imagine-Series]), turn Validate
- Parameters ON by changing 'Validate Params=0' to 'Validate Params=1'.
-
- [Imagine-Series2]
- Validate Params=1
-
- or, for Imagine 128,
-
- [Imagine-Series]
- Validate Params=1
-
- Turning Validate Parameters ON (=1) forces the I128 driver to
- check GDI parameters before issuing a drawing command. Because
- most applications send valid parameters, the default for this
- option is OFF (=0).
-
- Restart Windows 95 after setting the acceleration back to full
- and making the SYSTEM.INI change.
-
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- 13. After changing to a virtual resolution, sizable windows may
- be too wide and/or too tall.
-
- Resolution:
- If you have not already done so, in the Number Nine HawkEye
- Control Panel assign a Hawk Key to Place Windows.
- For most windows, pressing the Place Windows Hawk Key once or
- twice will re-size the active window to fit your monitor.
-
- * * *
-
- 14.A DOS based game either does not function properly or does
- not function at all.
-
- Resolution:
- The Imagine Series contains 1/2 megabyte of on-board VGA
- memory. Some DOS based games require more memory than this
- on the graphics board. The resolution is to use a separate VGA
- board that has enough on-board memory to support the memory
- requirements of the DOS games in question. To use a separate
- VGA board with the Imagine 128 Series, you must set the VGA jumper
- on the Imagine 128 Series card to the DISABLE position.
-
- * * *
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- 15. If you need to lower the graphics acceleration to None for
- troubleshooting, you must disable Adobe Type Manager first if it is running.
-
- Resolution:
- - Restart the system in Safe Mode by pressing F8 when the "Starting Windows 95..."
- message appears, then choosing option 3.
- - When Windows 95 is finished loading in Safe Mode, restore the graphics acceleration
- to Full from the Control Panel System Performance page. You may also have to
- change your display type back to Imagine Series from the Display Control Panel
- Settings page.
- - After restarting Windows, turn off Adobe Type Manager using the ATM Control Panel
- located in the Start Menu - Programs - Main group.
- - After Windows is restarted with ATM disabled, you can lower the Imagine Series
- graphics acceleration to None.
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- 16. After lowering the graphics acceleration to None, the Hawkeye Status
- page no longer displays the driver version.
-
- Resolution:
- With graphics acceleration set to None, the display driver version is not
- available to Hawkeye. You must increase the graphics acceleration and
- restart Windows for Hawkeye to be able to read the driver version.
-
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- 17. After using Microsoft QuickRes to change color depths, or playing a
- direct draw game that uses multiple color depths, graphics performance is
- reduced.
-
- Resolution:
- When QuickRes or Direct Draw changes the number of display colors, some
- portions of the Imagine display software are transparently replaced with
- system graphics calls. This should not cause any display problems, but will
- reduce graphics performance slightly. Restarting Windows will restore full
- graphics performance.
-
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-
- 18. Switching a full-screen direct draw application to a windowed display on
- a 16.7M color desktop displays a blank window.
-
- Resolution:
- If your hi-res Windows display is set to 16.7 million colors, and you
- are playing a direct draw game which supports ALT-ENTER switching between
- full screen and windowed, you may not get any windowed display. Setting
- Windows to 256, 32K, or 65K colors before starting the game will allow ALT-
- ENTER switching to work properly.
-
- * * *
-
- 19. After exiting from a full screen direct draw (Windows 95) game, the
- Windows display is set to 640x480 resolution.
-
- Resolution:
- If you are using a #9 virtual resolution for your Windows display, direct
- draw applications will not be able to properly restore your display mode on
- exit. The direct draw game will always reset your Windows display to 640x480
- resolution.
- To maintain your correct display resolution on exit, use Hawkeye's resolution
- exchange to change your display to non-virtual before running the game.
-
- * * *
-
- 20. After pressing the Place Windows Hawk Key while running a windowed
- direct draw game, the game display is distorted.
-
- Resolution:
- The Place Windows hawk key will expand your current active application window
- to a centered full-screen display. Some direct draw game windows are set
- to a specifc display size, and are not meant to be expanded. Using the Place
- Windows hawk key may force the window to resize and corrupt the game display.
-
- * * *
-
- 21. Accessing the #9 Monitor Adjust property page causes an invalid page
- fault in MSYNC_95.DLL.
-
- Resolution:
- If your monitor type is set to Plug and Play (VESA DDC), but you are not
- using a DDC compatible monitor, Monitor Adjust will not be able to properly
- determine the monitor's refresh rate capabilities. Monitor Adjust will
- attempt to read the monitor information and will close with an error box.
- If you are not using a VESA DDC compatible monitor, you must manually change
- your monitor type from the display settings page.
-
- * * *
-
- 22. After running Hawkeye at 640x480 and then switching to a higher display
- resolution, the Ok, Cancel, Apply, and Help buttons are clipped.
-
- Resolution:
- If you are using large fonts at 640x480 (or 1280x480 virtual) resolution,
- the row of buttons along the bottom of the Hawkeye control panel will extend
- off the bottom of the screen, and may be clipped after switching to a higher
- resolution.
-
- Slight clipping can also occur at these 480 pixel height modes if your
- taskbar is set to Always on Top.
-
- Both Resolution Exchange and the Windows display settings pages will force
- the system to use small fonts when entering 640x480 resolution. (This
- requires a Windows restart if you are currently using large fonts.) If
- you switch to 640x480 using QuickRes or another utility, you may want to
- manually change your font size to prevent the clipping.
-
- If your Hawkeye buttons become clipped, you can always restore the buttons
- by closing and restarting the Hawkeye control panel.
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- OTHER PROBLEMS
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-
-
- Software sometimes does not perform consistently across all
- resolutions and color depths. If you experience a persistent
- problem for which you cannot determine a cause or resolution, try
- switching to a different resolution with Resolution Exchange.
-
- If the problem is consistent across resolutions. Please
- consult application documentation. Most applications are
- distributed with a READ_ME file similar to this file.
- READ_ME files usually contain a wealth of information
- regarding potential application problems.
-
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- CONTACTING NUMBER NINE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
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-
- Hours of operation:
- 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, EST/EDT, Mon.-Fri.
-
- Voice / Faxback: (617) 674-0009
- Fax: (617) 674-2919
- Technical Support Fax: (617) 674-8661
-
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-
- European Sales:
-
- Germany
- Phone: +49 89 614 491 0
- Fax: +49 89 614 491 99
-
- Spain
- Phone: +34 1 556 2158
- Fax: +34 1 555 9654
-
- United Kingdom
- Phone: +44 1 256 381 194
- Fax: +44 1 256 381 194
-
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- MAIL (USA)
-
- NUMBER NINE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY
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- LEXINGTON, MA 02173
- USA
-
-
- 4/26/96
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- (c) COPYRIGHT 1996, NUMBER NINE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION.
- Imagine is a trademark and HawkEye is registered trademark
- of Number Nine Visual Technology Corp.
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