The war between wetware and hardware.
Refurbishing an old plotter
by ceptimus » Fri Oct 05, 2018 3:43 pm
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I bought this old plotter on Ebay for £0.99 It's about thirty years old, and would have cost about the same as a small car when new. Plotters have...
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You might like this thing I found on reddit.
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Cyber Funeral
by Rob Lister » Mon Feb 18, 2019 5:05 pm
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I'd like to say, 'We did it first!'
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Do it yourself via majestic heavenly force. And the browser switch that dumps all that shit upon closing the program.
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Last post by sparks Mon Feb 18, 2019 6:32 pm
Hardware that lasts
by Pyrrho » Sun Feb 17, 2019 7:16 am
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You GOT to read the whole thread!
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Still phoning back home:
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Last post by Doctor X Tue Feb 12, 2019 7:31 pm
The Power of Analogy
by Witness » Sat Feb 09, 2019 1:10 am
(Shamelessly copied another thread's title…)
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Last post by Witness Sat Feb 09, 2019 1:10 am
Bad News for Doc and the Apple Fan Boys
by asthmatic camel » Tue Nov 13, 2018 3:36 am
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Have the great unwashed finally realised that they're paying way over the odds for stuff they can buy for half the price or less?
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Apple agrees to pay back-taxes to French authorities
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Last post by Witness Wed Feb 06, 2019 2:19 am
Linux and Ubantu
by ed » Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:36 pm
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So .... what are my alternatives to stupid windows
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Linux Mint is recommended for Windows converts. It's just Ubuntu with a different graphical desktop arrangement that makes it look and work more like...
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Last post by ceptimus Thu Jan 31, 2019 10:30 pm
No. Just no. That is all.
by Anaxagoras » Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:31 am
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16 ounces of water is a pint. Well, in :freedom: it is. In Britain it's 20.
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I'd rather ask Alexa for a pint of whiskey.
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Last post by shemp Fri Jan 18, 2019 3:45 am
Feng shui and computers.
by xouper » Sun Jan 06, 2019 7:19 pm
:mrgreen:
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Last post by xouper Sun Jan 06, 2019 7:19 pm
Opera vs Firefox etc a missing capability?
by ed » Tue Jan 01, 2019 2:23 pm
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Firefox seems to me to be a real hog so I have moved to Opera which seems better.
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Recently I recommended Brave
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Last post by Witness Thu Jan 03, 2019 2:39 am
Video game surprise awesomeness
by gnome » Mon Dec 24, 2018 4:01 pm
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One of the things that especially entertains me in video games is when amazing things happen you didn't plan or expect, and possibly were not...
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Can you imagine having immortality and connected with that is a footnote that the artist thought you were a goat fornicator?
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Last post by ed Mon Dec 24, 2018 5:32 pm
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Last post by Pyrrho Sun Dec 23, 2018 4:50 pm
Does anyone know...
by WildCat » Sat Dec 22, 2018 12:04 am
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OK so the gf's laptop shit a brick on this weeks update. When I can get it to boot up the desktop is unresponsive nor does it respond to the window...
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What?
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Last post by Doctor X Sun Dec 23, 2018 4:43 am
OK, TV geniuses...
by gnome » Sat Nov 17, 2018 6:02 pm
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I have acquired a Vizio P55-F1 in a game of chance after buying it in the store like a proper adult, and I'm enjoying the smart TV features,...
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Heh, true
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Last post by gnome Wed Dec 19, 2018 11:10 pm
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Last post by Witness Sun Nov 18, 2018 1:24 am
Airbar
by Witness » Sun Nov 18, 2018 1:10 am
I have no use for it, but it's an interesting technology ( and seems to work):
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Last post by Witness Sun Nov 18, 2018 1:10 am
One for Gram's Mom: Apple DoucheBag
by Doctor X » Fri Oct 12, 2018 10:08 pm
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Prologue Sing, O Muse, the anger of Doctor X
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--J.D.
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Last post by Doctor X Wed Oct 24, 2018 5:13 pm
Fun with Assembly
by Pyrrho » Fri Oct 13, 2017 11:31 pm
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Way beyond me but here's the link, you bastards.
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You haven't posted any evidence for your claim. I think you are lying.
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Last post by xouper Fri Oct 05, 2018 1:35 pm
Upgraded Firefox
by xouper » Fri Sep 21, 2018 12:45 am
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Tonight I carefully upgraded it one major version at a time from version 20.0.1 to version 24.0 . . .
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Didn't lose any addons. 8)
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Last post by Witness Sat Sep 22, 2018 2:45 am
Life before computers
by Witness » Sun Aug 19, 2018 1:59 am
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Found this:
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You had aluminum? We had to use mud and straw.
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Last post by gnome Sat Sep 08, 2018 9:53 pm
Anonymity
by ed » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:50 am
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I was thinking about this, here in the bunker.
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I was thinking about this, here in the bunker.
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Last post by Grammatron Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:31 am
Oh yes you can!
by Grammatron » Tue Aug 21, 2018 11:26 pm
This is so stupid that it's brilliant
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Last post by Grammatron Tue Aug 21, 2018 11:26 pm
Climate change == no more free pr0n
by ed » Tue Jul 17, 2018 12:39 pm
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WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING >>> NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Not enough water on the planet to make Waterworld a reality, even if every bit of Arctic and Antartctic ice melted.
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Last post by ed Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:10 am
Old prepaid burner phone
by Pyrrho » Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:50 pm
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Alcatel one touch.
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sell drugs outside 7-11
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Last post by Rob Lister Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:57 pm
For PHP haters
by Witness » Sun Jul 08, 2018 3:23 am
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PHP: a fractal of bad design
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Having to add a $ sign to variable names says it all… :twisted:
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Last post by Witness Mon Jul 09, 2018 2:51 am
Hey ed! Dropbox?
by Pyrrho » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:03 pm
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I am working on resolving that issue. I am having to edit the posts in the database.
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Arrrrrr. Prepare to fish
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Last post by ed Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:44 pm
Dropbox
by Pyrrho » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:17 pm
Testing. I want to see if Avast is shitting a brick because of the topic title alone.
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Last post by Pyrrho Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:17 pm
Dropbox
by ed » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:17 pm
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Can I have two dropbox thingies on my desktop?
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If you have a dropbox business account (paid service) you can run multiple accounts.
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Last post by Rob Lister Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:24 pm
ReviewMeta
by Anaxagoras » Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:48 am
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A website that's supposed to be able to sort real product reviews from fake ones.
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This was created by a gym rat who had a web site for other gym rats to review supplements. He basically spent a lot of time sleuthing out fake...
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Last post by Anaxagoras Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:59 am
Security cameras
by Pyrrho » Tue Jun 26, 2018 11:20 am
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What is good and reasonably priced?
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I bought a Foscam, pain in the ass, never set it up.
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Last post by ed Wed Jun 27, 2018 11:04 am
Java Update Contains Malware
by Rob Lister » Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:22 pm
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That's the way I see it anyway. Luckily, the malware is easily removed but you have to go to add/remove programs to do it.
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I should point out that my systems haven't run flash since well before February 2016
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Last post by Rob Lister Sat Jun 23, 2018 11:38 pm
Excel question
by ed » Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:34 pm
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I have a column formatted as Date and they look like this 3/12/2018
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Found this if it helps you. I know it helped me. I am filled with a new zest for life.
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Last post by Pyrrho Sat Jun 23, 2018 4:22 pm
NSA's War on Us
by ed » Wed May 17, 2017 12:14 pm
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An annoying aspect to Obamacare was the mandate for creation of a patient data base which meant that NSA and every other government snoop could check...
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More:
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Last post by Witness Mon Jun 18, 2018 12:35 am
More computer hijinks
by ed » Wed May 30, 2018 11:35 am
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So this am I found that some programs would not run. Things like word and excel aslo the open office versions.
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Now that dll from days of yore is missing again. Just had a thought: have you checked that your antivirus isn't quarantining this file?
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Last post by Witness Thu May 31, 2018 3:04 pm
UK preventing yanks from access?
by ed » Sun May 27, 2018 3:07 pm
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Im trying to register on a UK politics board. Captcha was not working. OK. I went to another, same thing.
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hmmmm just worked
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Last post by ed Sun May 27, 2018 3:38 pm
IPV6 -- where are we with this?
by Rob Lister » Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:43 pm
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The internet is abuzz with stories that we've finally exhausted our supply of IPV4 address space. Sensational Stories like...
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Wrong synopsis. Meh, fits better.
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Last post by Rob Lister Tue May 22, 2018 4:52 pm
End of an era -- Microsoft finally caves.
by gnome » Wed May 09, 2018 1:52 pm
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Anyone that cares about reverting to the broken method probably knows.
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Anyone that cares about reverting to the broken method probably knows .
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Last post by gnome Wed May 09, 2018 2:18 pm
New EU Data laws
by ed » Fri Apr 27, 2018 11:29 am
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Anyone familiar with this?
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I was talking to an outfit involved with this and they said that the law precludes storage unless it is going to be used immediately. That can't be...
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Last post by ed Sun May 06, 2018 4:14 pm
SSDs
by Witness » Sat Apr 07, 2018 3:17 am
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Samsung 256 GB. :mrgreen:
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Well, to begin with, Why Fie doesn't work well for the real-time transmission of audio. The so called Blue Tooth (Gross...caused largely by blue milk...
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Last post by sparks Sat May 05, 2018 6:35 pm
Best add ons for firefox
by ed » Sun Apr 29, 2018 11:22 am
Guide me. Have switched back from Chrome. Got nothin . Help
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Last post by ed Sun Apr 29, 2018 11:22 am
SSSD
by Mentat » Wed Apr 25, 2018 11:11 pm
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Not Intel's newest x86 instruction extension set, Single Subroutine Single Data?
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Somehow that doesn't seem like a compliment.
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Last post by xouper Thu Apr 26, 2018 3:43 pm
I want to duplicate the functionality of youtube
by ed » Sat Mar 24, 2018 7:31 pm
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How? What does it take?
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Ed can a lot of things, but does he still want to (go to all that trouble)?
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Last post by Witness Wed Apr 25, 2018 1:56 am
MicroSD card died
by Pyrrho » Sun Apr 15, 2018 1:22 pm
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Pining for the fjords, etc.
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I have blue tooth earphones.
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Last post by Doctor X Sun Apr 22, 2018 6:42 am
1.1.1.1
by Rob Lister » Thu Apr 05, 2018 12:22 pm
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Cloudflare, in cooperation with APNIC have repurposed 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 to Domain Name Servers.
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Does not appear to be on the list.
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Last post by Witness Mon Apr 09, 2018 12:26 am
A new approach to blackmail
by ed » Wed Apr 04, 2018 9:51 am
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Got this on my business account
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Long list of similar examples here: .
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Last post by Witness Thu Apr 05, 2018 1:48 am
Sarcastic web services
by Pyrrho » Sat Mar 31, 2018 9:42 pm
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1. Fuck off as a service (FOAAS)
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No support for GraphQL? What is this, 2016?
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Last post by Mentat Sat Mar 31, 2018 10:49 pm
gdl32full.dll
by ed » Sun Feb 25, 2018 7:04 pm
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Keeps stopping things from running. The fixes last an hour or two.
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He would know what it is.
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Last post by Doctor X Sun Mar 04, 2018 3:57 am
Governments demanding and getting security source code
by Pyrrho » Mon Jul 03, 2017 12:22 pm
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Over the last couple of weeks, there’s been a disturbing trend of governments demanding that private tech companies share their source code if they...
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This might be a little bit ironic:
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Last post by Anaxagoras Fri Feb 16, 2018 6:39 am
Ad-free Revenue Source for Websites
by Rob Lister » Mon Sep 25, 2017 1:51 pm
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Pirate-bay appears to be experimenting with a new type of tool that causes your browser to run a coin-mining operation using your processor cycles...
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For Youtube, yes.
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Last post by Doctor X Fri Feb 02, 2018 1:48 pm
Firefox 57
by Rob Lister » Thu Nov 16, 2017 12:31 pm
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Firefox updated itself to 57. This broke several of my extensions.
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With the creation/replacement of necessary addons , giving it a test drive.
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Last post by Doctor X Wed Jan 31, 2018 1:27 am
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