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L/CRANE1
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| Filename: | L/CRANE1 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 1479 bytes |
| Load address: | 3A204556 |
| Exec address: | 2E4C2E30 |
File contents
JOHN CRANE
34 ST ANDREWS WALK
HARROGATE
NORTH YORKSHIRE
HG2 7RL
Dear Gus,
Well I'm afraid it's happened.Yes I've been seduced by an A3010.A friend
of mine bought one a little while ago and found it wasn't what he wanted
so he let me have it at a very reasonable price.Having run both the A3010
and the ELK together for a little while I almost decided to move away from
the ELK altogether because I seem to be having quite a few
problems.However after overcoming one or two difficulties I decided I
couldn't live without at least one Elk (I have several),so I thought I'd
just get rid of some of the surplus.
The main trouble with the Elk from my point of view is the half hearted
support that once dedicated firms are now giving it.ACP(PRES) are
virtually unobtainable.They've moved and given me their new address,but
they don't answer my letters and still haven't sent some bits I ordered in
May.I can get through on the phone but they are not very helpful.I had
SP64 installed a good while ago by Bill Bradbury (BCC formerly Slogger)
and it conked out.I sent it back for repair under warranty in March and
I'm still waiting.He assures me that it will be on its way shortly,but
he's being saying that since June.
Anyway I thought I can use my repaired Elk as a spare when it comes back
and concentrate on getting the most from Ex Derek's SUPERELK,so I decided
that things weren't so bad after all.Then I was struck another fatal
blow.Parcelforce (as the post office likes to call it,I prefer
Parcelfarce) must have dropped the beast in transit and quite a bit of
damage was done.I pulled one or two bits out and sent them to Derek who
kindly repaired them for me and I then set about reassembling it to the
best of my slight ability.Needless to say it didn't work.It was at this
point I considered abandoning the Elk.However after playing about with
!Advance wp on my A3010 it struck me how long winded it is,just to get
going,even for simple letters.View and SP64 are much quicker to get
started on,and SP64 on the Hard Drive must be even more so I thought.
Thus I carefully dismantled the SUPERELK and checked every connection and
joint.After some careful examination I found a couple of loose wires and
after a bit of careful soldering I carefully put it back together.Plug
in,Switch on,Follow Derek's initialisation instuctions,Cross
fingers and hope !! Incredibly it burst into life and I'm madly in love
with all that's Electron again.I have written a separate feature on its
performance.
If I may say so I think that the all singing,all dancing modern machines
lack the simplicity of the older machines and as such can make the
simplest of tasks into a quite time consuming affair and I still find VIEW
excellent for letters.If I switch on the A3010,load the BBC emulator from
disc I can then load an image of VIEW and crack on.This is still
infinitely quicker than loading ADVANCE (supplied with A3010 learning
curve package),creating a WP document setting the size of text etc and
loading the necessary printer driver.Why can't Acorn provide a 32 bit
version of VIEW,for people like myself who quite often need to type a
basic format letter,fairly quickly ? I'm sure it would sell.
One last thing before I bore everyone to death.As I have a two sided
drive,and I'm sure others have too,in the event of there being a bumper
issue at any time,would it not be more economical to send out a (L) format
ADFS disc ? I seem to remember being asked what sort of drive I have some
time ago.Or does this complicate matters ? Just a thought.That aside I
thought EUG 21 was quite superb.I have recently joined the ARM club to
hopefully get more out of my A3010 and I must say I'm disappointed.They
just aren't as much fun as EUG.
I TO ONCE OWNED A 32 BIT MACHINE AN A3000 IN MY CASE AND I HAD EXACTLY THE
SAME PROBLEMS AS YOU. I SOLD MINE. HAVING HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WITH PC's I
ALSO FOUND SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THEM, EVEN THE MOST MODERN MACHINES ARE A
LITTLE SLOW. I NOW USE A PC FOR WORK AND THE ELK FOR FUN.
I REMEMBER A PLAY I SAW ONCE IN THE 60's ABOUT A COUPLE OF TAYLORS WHO
PRODUCED A SUIT WITH SECOND RATE CLOTH, OVERSIZED AND BADLY CUT AND SEWN.
THEY SAID TO THE CUSTOMER 'NEVER MIND THE QUALITY SIR, FEEL THE WIDTH.'
IT WOULD BE NICE IF EVERYONE HAD DOUBLE SIDED DRIVES BUT OF COURSE SOME
MEMBERS DON'T. I HAVE TRIED TO PRODUCE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FORMATS IN
THE PAST BUT IT BECOMES VERY LABOUROUS AND MISTAKES RISE BY FACTORS OF 10.
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Well. I'm af| 00000170 72 61 69 64 20 69 74 27 73 20 68 61 70 70 65 6e |raid it's happen| 00000180 65 64 2e 59 65 73 20 49 27 76 65 20 62 65 65 6e |ed.Yes I've been| 00000190 20 73 65 64 75 63 65 64 20 62 79 20 61 6e 20 41 | seduced by an A| 000001a0 33 30 31 30 2e 41 20 66 72 69 65 6e 64 0d 6f 66 |3010.A friend.of| 000001b0 20 6d 69 6e 65 1a 20 62 6f 75 67 68 74 1a 20 6f | mine. bought. o| 000001c0 6e 65 20 61 20 6c 69 74 74 6c 65 20 77 68 69 6c |ne a little whil| 000001d0 65 20 61 67 6f 20 61 6e 64 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 |e ago and found | 000001e0 69 74 20 77 61 73 6e 27 74 20 77 68 61 74 20 68 |it wasn't what h| 000001f0 65 20 77 61 6e 74 65 64 0d 73 6f 20 68 65 20 6c |e wanted.so he l| 00000200 65 74 20 6d 65 1a 20 68 61 76 65 20 69 74 20 61 |et me. have it a| 00000210 74 20 61 20 76 65 72 79 20 72 65 61 73 6f 6e 61 |t a very reasona| 00000220 62 6c 65 20 70 72 69 63 65 2e 48 61 76 69 6e 67 |ble price.Having| 00000230 20 72 75 6e 20 62 6f 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 41 33 | run both the A3| 00000240 30 31 30 0d 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 45 4c 4b 20 |010.and the ELK | 00000250 74 6f 67 65 74 68 65 72 20 66 6f 72 20 61 20 6c |together for a l| 00000260 69 74 74 6c 65 20 77 68 69 6c 65 20 49 20 61 6c |ittle while I al| 00000270 6d 6f 73 74 20 64 65 63 69 64 65 64 20 74 6f 20 |most decided to | 00000280 6d 6f 76 65 20 61 77 61 79 20 66 72 6f 6d 0d 74 |move away from.t| 00000290 68 65 1a 1a 20 45 4c 4b 1a 1a 20 61 6c 74 6f 67 |he.. ELK.. altog| 000002a0 65 74 68 65 72 1a 1a 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 1a |ether.. because.| 000002b0 1a 20 49 1a 1a 20 73 65 65 6d 1a 20 74 6f 1a 20 |. I.. seem. to. | 000002c0 62 65 1a 20 68 61 76 69 6e 67 1a 20 71 75 69 74 |be. having. quit| 000002d0 65 1a 20 61 1a 20 66 65 77 0d 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 |e. a. few.proble| 000002e0 6d 73 2e 48 6f 77 65 76 65 72 1a 20 61 66 74 65 |ms.However. afte| 000002f0 72 1a 20 6f 76 65 72 63 6f 6d 69 6e 67 1a 20 6f |r. overcoming. o| 00000300 6e 65 1a 20 6f 72 1a 20 74 77 6f 20 64 69 66 66 |ne. or. two diff| 00000310 69 63 75 6c 74 69 65 73 20 49 20 64 65 63 69 64 |iculties I decid| 00000320 65 64 20 49 0d 63 6f 75 6c 64 6e 27 74 20 6c 69 |ed I.couldn't li| 00000330 76 65 20 77 69 74 68 6f 75 74 20 61 74 20 6c 65 |ve without at le| 00000340 61 73 74 20 6f 6e 65 1a 20 45 6c 6b 1a 20 28 49 |ast one. Elk. (I| 00000350 20 68 61 76 65 20 73 65 76 65 72 61 6c 29 2c 73 | have several),s| 00000360 6f 20 49 20 74 68 6f 75 67 68 74 20 49 27 64 0d |o I thought I'd.| 00000370 6a 75 73 74 20 67 65 74 20 72 69 64 20 6f 66 20 |just get rid of | 00000380 73 6f 6d 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 75 72 70 |some of the surp| 00000390 6c 75 73 2e 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |lus.. | 000003a0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 000003d0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0d | .| 000003e0 20 54 68 65 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 74 72 6f 75 62 6c | The main troubl| 000003f0 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 45 6c 6b 20 66 |e with the Elk f| 00000400 72 6f 6d 20 6d 79 1a 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 1a 20 6f |rom my. point. o| 00000410 66 20 76 69 65 77 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 68 61 |f view is the ha| 00000420 6c 66 20 68 65 61 72 74 65 64 0d 73 75 70 70 6f |lf hearted.suppo| 00000430 72 74 1a 20 74 68 61 74 1a 20 6f 6e 63 65 1a 20 |rt. that. once. | 00000440 64 65 64 69 63 61 74 65 64 1a 20 66 69 72 6d 73 |dedicated. firms| 00000450 1a 20 61 72 65 1a 20 6e 6f 77 1a 20 67 69 76 69 |. are. now. givi| 00000460 6e 67 1a 20 69 74 2e 41 43 50 28 50 52 45 53 29 |ng. it.ACP(PRES)| 00000470 1a 20 61 72 65 0d 76 69 72 74 75 61 6c 6c 79 1a |. are.virtually.| 00000480 20 75 6e 6f 62 74 61 69 6e 61 62 6c 65 2e 54 68 | unobtainable.Th| 00000490 65 79 27 76 65 1a 20 6d 6f 76 65 64 1a 20 61 6e |ey've. moved. an| 000004a0 64 20 67 69 76 65 6e 20 6d 65 20 74 68 65 69 72 |d given me their| 000004b0 20 6e 65 77 20 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 2c 62 75 74 | new address,but| 000004c0 0d 74 68 65 79 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 61 6e 73 77 |.they don't answ| 000004d0 65 72 20 6d 79 20 6c 65 74 74 65 72 73 20 61 6e |er my letters an| 000004e0 64 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 68 61 76 65 6e 27 74 20 |d still haven't | 000004f0 73 65 6e 74 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 62 69 74 73 20 49 |sent some bits I| 00000500 20 6f 72 64 65 72 65 64 20 69 6e 20 0d 4d 61 79 | ordered in .May| 00000510 2e 49 20 63 61 6e 20 67 65 74 20 74 68 72 6f 75 |.I can get throu| 00000520 67 68 1a 20 6f 6e 1a 20 74 68 65 1a 20 70 68 6f |gh. on. the. pho| 00000530 6e 65 1a 20 62 75 74 20 74 68 65 79 20 61 72 65 |ne. but they are| 00000540 20 6e 6f 74 20 76 65 72 79 20 68 65 6c 70 66 75 | not very helpfu| 00000550 6c 2e 49 20 68 61 64 0d 53 50 36 34 20 69 6e 73 |l.I had.SP64 ins| 00000560 74 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 61 20 67 6f 6f 64 20 77 68 |talled a good wh| 00000570 69 6c 65 20 61 67 6f 20 62 79 20 42 69 6c 6c 1a |ile ago by Bill.| 00000580 20 42 72 61 64 62 75 72 79 1a 20 28 42 43 43 1a | Bradbury. (BCC.| 00000590 20 66 6f 72 6d 65 72 6c 79 20 53 6c 6f 67 67 65 | formerly Slogge| 000005a0 72 29 0d 61 6e 64 20 69 74 20 63 6f 6e 6b 65 64 |r).and it conked| 000005b0 20 6f 75 74 2e 49 20 73 65 6e 74 20 69 74 20 62 | out.I sent it b| 000005c0 61 63 6b 20 66 6f 72 20 72 65 70 61 69 72 20 75 |ack for repair u| 000005d0 6e 64 65 72 20 77 61 72 72 61 6e 74 79 1a 20 69 |nder warranty. i| 000005e0 6e 1a 20 4d 61 72 63 68 1a 20 61 6e 64 0d 49 27 |n. March. and.I'| 000005f0 6d 1a 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 1a 20 77 61 69 74 69 6e |m. still. waitin| 00000600 67 2e 48 65 1a 20 61 73 73 75 72 65 73 1a 20 6d |g.He. assures. m| 00000610 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 |e that it will b| 00000620 65 20 6f 6e 20 69 74 73 20 77 61 79 20 73 68 6f |e on its way sho| 00000630 72 74 6c 79 2c 62 75 74 0d 68 65 27 73 20 62 65 |rtly,but.he's be| 00000640 69 6e 67 20 73 61 79 69 6e 67 20 74 68 61 74 20 |ing saying that | 00000650 73 69 6e 63 65 20 4a 75 6e 65 2e 0d 20 20 20 20 |since June.. | 00000660 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 000006a0 20 20 20 20 20 20 0d 20 41 6e 79 77 61 79 20 49 | . Anyway I| 000006b0 20 74 68 6f 75 67 68 74 20 49 20 63 61 6e 1a 20 | thought I can. | 000006c0 75 73 65 20 6d 79 20 72 65 70 61 69 72 65 64 20 |use my repaired | 000006d0 45 6c 6b 20 61 73 20 61 20 73 70 61 72 65 20 77 |Elk as a spare w| 000006e0 68 65 6e 20 69 74 20 63 6f 6d 65 73 20 62 61 63 |hen it comes bac| 000006f0 6b 0d 61 6e 64 20 63 6f 6e 63 65 6e 74 72 61 74 |k.and concentrat| 00000700 65 20 6f 6e 20 67 65 74 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 |e on getting the| 00000710 20 6d 6f 73 74 1a 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 45 78 20 44 | most. from Ex D| 00000720 65 72 65 6b 27 73 20 53 55 50 45 52 45 4c 4b 2c |erek's SUPERELK,| 00000730 73 6f 20 49 20 64 65 63 69 64 65 64 0d 74 68 61 |so I decided.tha| 00000740 74 1a 20 74 68 69 6e 67 73 20 77 65 72 65 6e 27 |t. things weren'| 00000750 74 20 73 6f 20 62 61 64 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 61 |t so bad after a| 00000760 6c 6c 2e 54 68 65 6e 1a 20 49 1a 20 77 61 73 1a |ll.Then. I. was.| 00000770 20 73 74 72 75 63 6b 1a 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 | struck. another| 00000780 1a 20 66 61 74 61 6c 0d 62 6c 6f 77 2e 50 61 72 |. fatal.blow.Par| 00000790 63 65 6c 66 6f 72 63 65 1a 20 28 61 73 1a 1a 20 |celforce. (as.. | 000007a0 74 68 65 1a 1a 20 70 6f 73 74 1a 1a 20 6f 66 66 |the.. post.. off| 000007b0 69 63 65 1a 20 6c 69 6b 65 73 1a 20 74 6f 1a 20 |ice. likes. to. | 000007c0 63 61 6c 6c 1a 20 69 74 2c 49 1a 20 70 72 65 66 |call. it,I. pref| 000007d0 65 72 0d 50 61 72 63 65 6c 66 61 72 63 65 29 20 |er.Parcelfarce) | 000007e0 6d 75 73 74 1a 20 68 61 76 65 1a 20 64 72 6f 70 |must. have. drop| 000007f0 70 65 64 1a 20 74 68 65 1a 20 62 65 61 73 74 20 |ped. the. beast | 00000800 69 6e 20 74 72 61 6e 73 69 74 20 61 6e 64 20 71 |in transit and q| 00000810 75 69 74 65 20 61 20 62 69 74 20 6f 66 0d 64 61 |uite a bit of.da| 00000820 6d 61 67 65 20 77 61 73 20 64 6f 6e 65 2e 49 20 |mage was done.I | 00000830 70 75 6c 6c 65 64 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 72 1a 20 74 |pulled one or. t| 00000840 77 6f 1a 20 62 69 74 73 1a 20 6f 75 74 20 61 6e |wo. bits. out an| 00000850 64 20 73 65 6e 74 20 74 68 65 6d 20 74 6f 20 44 |d sent them to D| 00000860 65 72 65 6b 20 77 68 6f 0d 6b 69 6e 64 6c 79 20 |erek who.kindly | 00000870 72 65 70 61 69 72 65 64 20 74 68 65 6d 20 66 6f |repaired them fo| 00000880 72 20 6d 65 20 61 6e 64 20 49 20 74 68 65 6e 20 |r me and I then | 00000890 73 65 74 1a 20 61 62 6f 75 74 1a 20 72 65 61 73 |set. about. reas| 000008a0 73 65 6d 62 6c 69 6e 67 1a 20 69 74 20 74 6f 20 |sembling. it to | 000008b0 74 68 65 0d 62 65 73 74 1a 20 6f 66 1a 20 6d 79 |the.best. of. my| 000008c0 1a 20 73 6c 69 67 68 74 20 61 62 69 6c 69 74 79 |. slight ability| 000008d0 2e 4e 65 65 64 6c 65 73 73 20 74 6f 20 73 61 79 |.Needless to say| 000008e0 20 69 74 20 64 69 64 6e 27 74 20 77 6f 72 6b 2e | it didn't work.| 000008f0 49 74 20 77 61 73 20 61 74 20 74 68 69 73 0d 70 |It was at this.p| 00000900 6f 69 6e 74 20 49 20 63 6f 6e 73 69 64 65 72 65 |oint I considere| 00000910 64 20 61 62 61 6e 64 6f 6e 69 6e 67 1a 20 74 68 |d abandoning. th| 00000920 65 1a 20 45 6c 6b 2e 48 6f 77 65 76 65 72 1a 20 |e. Elk.However. | 00000930 61 66 74 65 72 1a 20 70 6c 61 79 69 6e 67 20 61 |after. playing a| 00000940 62 6f 75 74 20 77 69 74 68 0d 21 41 64 76 61 6e |bout with.!Advan| 00000950 63 65 20 77 70 20 6f 6e 20 6d 79 20 41 33 30 31 |ce wp on my A301| 00000960 30 20 69 74 20 73 74 72 75 63 6b 20 6d 65 1a 20 |0 it struck me. | 00000970 68 6f 77 1a 20 6c 6f 6e 67 1a 20 77 69 6e 64 65 |how. long. winde| 00000980 64 1a 20 69 74 20 69 73 2c 6a 75 73 74 20 74 6f |d. it is,just to| 00000990 20 67 65 74 0d 67 6f 69 6e 67 2c 65 76 65 6e 1a | get.going,even.| 000009a0 20 66 6f 72 1a 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 65 1a 20 6c 65 | for. simple. le| 000009b0 74 74 65 72 73 2e 56 69 65 77 1a 20 61 6e 64 1a |tters.View. and.| 000009c0 20 53 50 36 34 1a 20 61 72 65 1a 20 6d 75 63 68 | SP64. are. much| 000009d0 20 71 75 69 63 6b 65 72 20 74 6f 20 67 65 74 0d | quicker to get.| 000009e0 73 74 61 72 74 65 64 20 6f 6e 2c 61 6e 64 20 53 |started on,and S| 000009f0 50 36 34 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 48 61 72 64 20 |P64 on the Hard | 00000a00 44 72 69 76 65 20 6d 75 73 74 20 62 65 20 65 76 |Drive must be ev| 00000a10 65 6e 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 73 6f 20 49 20 74 68 6f |en more so I tho| 00000a20 75 67 68 74 2e 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ught.. | 00000a30 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000a70 0d 20 54 68 75 73 20 49 20 63 61 72 65 66 75 6c |. Thus I careful| 00000a80 6c 79 20 64 69 73 6d 61 6e 74 6c 65 64 20 74 68 |ly dismantled th| 00000a90 65 20 53 55 50 45 52 45 4c 4b 20 61 6e 64 20 63 |e SUPERELK and c| 00000aa0 68 65 63 6b 65 64 20 65 76 65 72 79 20 63 6f 6e |hecked every con| 00000ab0 6e 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 0d 6a 6f 69 6e |nection and.join| 00000ac0 74 2e 41 66 74 65 72 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 63 61 72 |t.After some car| 00000ad0 65 66 75 6c 20 20 65 78 61 6d 69 6e 61 74 69 6f |eful examinatio| 00000ae0 6e 20 49 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 61 20 63 6f 75 70 |n I found a coup| 00000af0 6c 65 1a 20 6f 66 20 6c 6f 6f 73 65 20 77 69 72 |le. of loose wir| 00000b00 65 73 20 61 6e 64 0d 61 66 74 65 72 1a 20 61 20 |es and.after. a | 00000b10 62 69 74 20 6f 66 20 63 61 72 65 66 75 6c 20 73 |bit of careful s| 00000b20 6f 6c 64 65 72 69 6e 67 20 49 20 63 61 72 65 66 |oldering I caref| 00000b30 75 6c 6c 79 20 70 75 74 1a 20 69 74 1a 20 62 61 |ully put. it. ba| 00000b40 63 6b 1a 20 74 6f 67 65 74 68 65 72 2e 50 6c 75 |ck. together.Plu| 00000b50 67 0d 69 6e 2c 53 77 69 74 63 68 1a 1a 1a 20 6f |g.in,Switch... o| 00000b60 6e 2c 46 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 1a 1a 1a 1a 20 44 65 72 |n,Follow.... Der| 00000b70 65 6b 27 73 1a 1a 1a 1a 20 69 6e 69 74 69 61 6c |ek's.... initial| 00000b80 69 73 61 74 69 6f 6e 1a 1a 1a 20 69 6e 73 74 75 |isation... instu| 00000b90 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 2c 43 72 6f 73 73 0d 66 69 6e |ctions,Cross.fin| 00000ba0 67 65 72 73 20 61 6e 64 1a 20 68 6f 70 65 1a 20 |gers and. hope. | 00000bb0 21 21 1a 20 49 6e 63 72 65 64 69 62 6c 79 20 69 |!!. Incredibly i| 00000bc0 74 20 62 75 72 73 74 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 6c 69 66 |t burst into lif| 00000bd0 65 20 61 6e 64 20 49 27 6d 20 6d 61 64 6c 79 20 |e and I'm madly | 00000be0 69 6e 20 6c 6f 76 65 0d 77 69 74 68 20 61 6c 6c |in love.with all| 00000bf0 20 74 68 61 74 27 73 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e | that's Electron| 00000c00 20 61 67 61 69 6e 2e 49 1a 20 68 61 76 65 1a 20 | again.I. have. | 00000c10 77 72 69 74 74 65 6e 1a 20 61 20 73 65 70 61 72 |written. a separ| 00000c20 61 74 65 20 66 65 61 74 75 72 65 20 6f 6e 20 69 |ate feature on i| 00000c30 74 73 0d 70 65 72 66 6f 72 6d 61 6e 63 65 2e 0d |ts.performance..| 00000c40 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000c80 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0d 20 49 66 20 49 | . 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V| 00000de0 49 45 57 1a 20 61 6e 64 1a 20 63 72 61 63 6b 1a |IEW. and. crack.| 00000df0 20 6f 6e 2e 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 73 74 69 6c | on.This is stil| 00000e00 6c 0d 69 6e 66 69 6e 69 74 65 6c 79 1a 20 71 75 |l.infinitely. qu| 00000e10 69 63 6b 65 72 1a 20 74 68 61 6e 1a 20 6c 6f 61 |icker. than. loa| 00000e20 64 69 6e 67 1a 20 41 44 56 41 4e 43 45 1a 20 28 |ding. ADVANCE. 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