NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK

Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.

Titles:

• Polar Present Panic +1D
• Toxic Frenzy +D
• Zzapped in the Butt – Deluxe
• Killer Saucers
• Polar Present Panic V1.1 +D
• Ditch and Bridge +
• Killer Saucers +3D
• Zzapped in the Butt – Deluxe +3CD
• PAX Pac-Man V1.1
• Bug Battle +1DH
• Killer Saucers +2D
• Uberswap
• Boulder Dash Junior V +2H
• Sancik Preview
• Fold’em 2 +2D
• Zzapped in the Butt DX +2D
• Cross Snake 2.0 +4D
• Hades Nebula +3DMFGH
• Santa La Vista +1H
• The Reactor +1TD
• Flying Cobra – Special Edition [seuck]
• Future Shock +1D
• On the Grid
• On the Grid +3H
• Sprite Invaders
• Sprite Invaders +2H
• Spellbound +3G
• Sprite Invaders +
• Sancik Preview 2 +2
• Halley’s Comet +3HDGT
• Pong 2020
• Castle +4DG
• Thomas the Tank Engine’s Fun with Words +D
• Greek-themed Tetris +JD
• One on One 2k Preview 3
• TetrisC64 &DJ
• Moon Train +1DTH
• Endless Forms Most Beautiful 64 V1.3 +3D
• The Goonies +6D (IDE64)
• Faery Tale Adventure +2D (EASYFLASH)
• Genius 3 +7D
• Rainbow Edge Run DX
• Nightfighter +1D
• Silkdust Preview +D
• S.P.R.E.R.O.
• S.P.R.E.R.O. +1D
• Not Even Human – Inhumane Edition
• S.P.R.E.R.O. +4D
• Tomb Chaser 2020 +3
• Tiny Invaders Preview +
• S.P.R.E.R.O. V1.1
• 1-Bit Dungeon V1.1 +2 [seuck]
• Sub-X 64 +2 [seuck]
• Tiny Invaders Preview +
• Adventures of Tronic V2.0 +2 [seuck]
• Magical Girl Mary vs Evil V2.0 +2 [seuck]
• The Return V2.0 +2 [seuck]
• Dragon Soul V1.2 +2 [seuck]
• Dungeon of Rott V2.0 +2 [seuck]
• Alien Bleed V2.0 +2 [seuck]
• Space Swarm 64 V3.0 +2 [seuck]
• Birdie Bird V3.0 +2 [seuck]
• Spike +2
• Fire Ant +1MDGHS
• Soul Force +8DP
• 8Bit-Slicks (Update 2021-01-23)
• 8bit-Slicks (2021-01-23)
• Hardhat Construction Co. +2
• Top-Hole Golf Preview 3 +D
• Phoenix Recovered Preview +
• Hoverjet +3D
• Ice Mountain +3DG
• 8bit-Slicks (2021-01-26)
• Bastion +1DH
• S.P.R.E.R.O. V1.2
• S.P.R.E.R.O. V1.2 +5D
• Broken Calendar +3
• Caveman +3DG
• Castalia +7DG
• Risky Holding +TGD
• Iso-Ana and the Black Boxes +4DGT
• Royal Rescue +2DG
• RADs +2DG
• Tiny Invaders
• Peyha – The King
• Quickchange +2DG
• Peyha – The King +S
• Balloon Crazy +1DG
• Realms of Darkness +5FD
• Dragon Hort Preview +2
• Litter Bug +3D
• PETSCII Love +3
• Bricklayer +1DG
• Miner +2DG
• Weirdvision 64 Preview &D
• Trap +2DGH
• Radonium &DG
• 8Bit-Slicks
• Arcade Volleyball +1DG
• Rogue Sunbathers +1DG

Download: All Games in One Archive (3942)

source: csdb.dk

NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK

Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.

Titles:

• Flappy512 +2
• Witch Rescue Service Preview
• Jetliner [german]
• Top-Hole Golf Preview V2 +D
• Witch Rescue Service – Smoothly and with Style
• H64
• H64 +4
• Death Saw Challenge
• Death Saw Challenge +1D
• Numbertron 2020
• Arena of Death +3
• Percentage Panic
• Halloweenie + [seuck]
• Endless Tunnel +
• 8Bit Goblin Preview 2
• Sally’s Garden Preview 3 +5H
• Neptune Lander Elite +4
• Neptune Lander Elite +2
• Ueberswap
• Juanje Juega in Sinverland +5HTD
• Juanje Juega in Sinverland
• Shopping Spree +2D
• Neptune Lander Elite V1.1 +5F
• Mastertronic Collection +MHDG
• PuzzleWuzzle
• Julius Caesar +T [english] (D64/IDE64 Release)
• PuzzleWuzzle +1D
• Dungeon +2DFT
• Wolfling Reloaded Teaser
• 8bit Dungeon Preview +D
• Laser Command +
• TakoNeko Preview
• The Conqueror of the Seas +TD
• Tenno +2DS
• Grid Pix Advent +2
• Two Days to the Race V2.0 +D
• TakoNeko Preview V2
• TakoNeko
• Quiltrex64 Preview 4 +CM
• TakoNeko Preview 2
• Snake V1.0.1 +2
• The Elevator +1D
• The Wall
• Behind Closed Doors 9
• Solvalla 1.1 +TD
• Return to the Castle
• Hunt4GemsDX Preview
• Pacman Preview +2
• Cross Snake Preview +
• Operation Neptun [german]
• Brainbreak Preview 2
• The Queen’s Footsteps V1.1.1 +DPS
• Char Snake 64 Preview 3 +
• The Great Washing Machine King
• Striker +4DI 101% (IDE64 Release)
• Cross Snake +4D
• Oyup!
• Space Planters
• Oyup! +
• Fold’em 2 +4
• Fold’em 2 +
• Chiller 2
• Slider Wall
• M.U.L.E. +1DG
• Chiller 2 +3HD
• Chiller 2 +2D
• Robot Jet Action Preview +
• Cassette 50 Skeleton
• Peter the Postman +2F
• Katakis +5HDF [Easyflash]
• Snoopy to the Rescue +3DF
• Rabbit Runner +H
• Peter the Postman +1F
• Astronaut
• Peter the Postman +
• Peter the Postman
• Rabbit Runner
• Peanuts Maze Marathon +D
• Peter the Postman +2F
• Ghost Mansion III +2
• C64 PacMan Preview +
• Movie Quiz Preview +S

Download: All Games in One Archive (5543)

source: csdb.dk

The High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) is a freeware hobby project which organises Commodore 64 music (also known as SID music) into an archive for both musicians and fans alike.

The work on the collection is done completely in the Team and contributors’ spare time and is proudly one of the largest and most accurate computer music collections known.

This update features (all approximates):

• 786 new SIDs
• 55 fixed/better rips
• 1 repeats/bad rips eliminated
• 180 SID credit fixes
• 17 SID model/clock infos
• 7 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
• 6 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
• 25 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
• 10 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories

Download:

• HVSC Update #74 (769)
• Complete HVSC #74 (819)

source: www.hvsc.c64.org

Thanks go to my friend Andrea Pierdomenico.

Some Cartridges for Commodore 64.

• Tele-Data 64 by Handic
• Cherry by Fruit Hardware System
• Isepic (Clone)
• Antiram by S.C.T. 1987 (Freeze Frame Clone)
• Bandit (The Expert Clone)
• Sykline S.A. by KAWA (Industria Argentina)
• Niki II by O.M.Alfred
• Unknown Cartridge (The Final Cartridge I Clone)
• Hypra Disk II by Rex (9615)
• 5531A1 by Koks Gesto BV Computers

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The Commodore parallel cable is a companion cable for the Commodore serial cable (IEC) and gives you an additional parallel connection between a Commodore 1541, 1570 or 1571 drive and a Commodore 64 machine or via XUM1541 (PROMICRO)/ZoomFloppy …

The cable is supported by the following Commodore software:

• The DOS accelerators Dolphin DOS and Speed DOS.
• The disk copiers 15 Second Copy, Burst Nibbler and Maverick.

VIA 6522 Fix:

With the Commodore 1541-II disk drive there’s still an open issue after the parallel cable installation, you need also to cut the track between the PIN1 and PIN2 of the VIA 6522 (the same VIA where the parallel cable is installed).

No more to say.

I leave you the links, good reading.

Gallery:

source: d81.de/R.I.P/Para1541II.shtml ist.uwaterloo.ca/~schepers/1541port.html

A person in need of my help of which i have already repaired several devices has contacted me and asked if i could make a repair of one of his Commodore PET with two different trouble.

• The first fault was black screen on power up, meaning no image was displayed.
• The second fault that occurred after a couple of days was a raster video distortion of the CRT monitor accompanied by a smell of burning (see photo)

The first fault was solved by replacing the UD7 ROM (901465-02) with an eprom (2532), the correct functioning test could be done by connecting the LCD monitor that i use for repairs via a video adapter.

The second fault was brilliantly resolved by replacing the voltage regulator installed on the pcb monitor, a 7812 which on the pin output did not always return 12v but rather a mix between 3v, 6v, 10v.

I also removed some pieces of foam rubber (see photo) which due to the glue used has damaged the back of the monitor PCB leaving obvious traces of corrosion and a black sticky stain that i have removed.

I also rebuilt a missing pin of the ROM UF14 (901447-10) that someone had thought to fix in a very rough way (see photo)

Gallery of the repair:

Download:

• BASIC 2 - UD7 ROM (901465-02) (637)

DOWNLOAD FIXED! SORRY

NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK

Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.

Titles:

• Flower Man +3TDF
• Cross Shoot V1.3 +2D
• Cross Bomber Preview 2
• Antonio Savona’s ATARI Collection +*H TopScore Editions [CRT]
• Freaky Fish DX V1.1
• Freaky Fish DX V1.1 +3H
• The Great Giana Sisters
• Nalle Äh-Puh [finnish]
• Add & Subtract with ALF &D
• 10Print Racer Revamp +
• Dinosaurs Are Forever +D
• 10Print Racer Revamp
• The Dragon’s Castle
• Party Quiz +HFDMJ
• Dragon &D
• The Dragon’s Castle +2
• Poppy Locky +F
• 10Print Racer Revamp +1F
• Bad Tiling V1.2 +2H
• Brain Bricks
• Shinobi +3D [CRT]
• Granny’s Teeth – 2020 Edition
• Brain Bricks +2
• Granny’s Teeth – 2020 Edition +7D
• Brain Bricks +2
• Spy Story +GMW
• Air Attack Preview +1D
• Totto!
• Squirm +H
• Tristam Island Preview
• Behemoth Preview V2 +1D
• RunNgun Preview +D
• CERT-SE CTF 2020
• Cosmic Chaos +2H
• Revenge of the Flying Balls +2HF
• Wheelie Preview +
• Lolo Turtle Preview
• Vidball XX +3HD
• Loopin’
• Loopin’ +5D
• Loopin’ +1D
• Saltasalta Preview
• Law of the West [english & swedish] [easyflash]
• Saltasalta Preview +
• Infinite Space +2HF
• Infinite Space +2H
• Saltasalta Preview +2
• Infinite Space +2
• Creatures 2 +10DFHIR [easyflash]
• Loopin’ +3HD
• The Duel +2
• Volley for Two [C128 Release]
• The Code
• Survival Messenger Adventure
• Survival Messenger Adventure +SMap
• Down at the Trolls Patch
• Generala +TD
• Alien Storm Preview +2D
• Down at the Trolls Patch (3 Assemblies)
• Survival Messenger Adventure +FSMap
• Focdonz +2T
• Orc Attack +H
• Global Risk
• Top-Hole Golf Preview +D
• Flangry Bird 101 +1HD
• Flangry Bird 101 +
• Flangry Bird 101
• Portris V0.5
• Mayhem in Monsterland +10DFIR [easyflash]
• Filled In V1.1
• Bratwurst +2
• Portris V0.5
• Combat School [lightgun]
• Planet Balls +2DI
• Catboy Office

Download: All Games in One Archive (6206)

source: csdb.dk

Before leaving you to the usual and boring description of the product which, among other things, was taken from Wikipedia, i add my opinion;

Among the many uneasy things to use that i own, the Commodore A570 is in the top 10 ranking. :-D

The Amiga A570 is a single-speed external CD-ROM drive for the Amiga 500 computer launched by Commodore in 1992. It was designed to be compatible with Commodore CDTV software as well as being able to read ordinary ISO 9660 CD-ROM discs.

The original designation was A690, and pre-production devices under this name were delivered to developers. The A690/A570 used a proprietary Mitsumi CD-ROM interface. It contained a header for an internal 2 Megabyte fast memory expansion, but this proprietary memory module was never put into production and only a few rare developer examples of this exist today.

It is also notable that by the time of the A570′s launch, the A500 computer had already been discontinued. The Amiga 600 (ostensibly the A500′s direct replacement) was, like the later A1200, incompatible with this external drive. Thus, Commodore were in the position of having launched a CD-ROM drive for a discontinued machine, while a similar device was unavailable for their current low-end Amiga. This move by Commodore marketing department could be justified by the fact that millions of A500 systems existed already, along with considerable demand for Commodore to release a more advanced data storage solution.

The device (like the Amiga A590 hard disk drive that was sold by Commodore for the A500) had no through connector, so it was not possible to connect both an A590 and an A570 to the computer at the same time. The A590, despite having an XT IDE hard disk, also carried a SCSI interface that allowed third-party hard disks and CD-ROM drives to be fitted. While these drives did not carry CDTV emulation, the lack of success of the CDTV format made this a null disadvantage for most users.

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CompuThink Disk Drive 800k + Interface (DD DSK CTL P2) + DiskMON ROM seems to be the FIRST EVER disk drive for the Commodore PET Computers ever made in 1979 in the United States, maybe even before the official CBM 2040 drive launched.

I have also a partially working  “clone” or “prototype” (see photo) of this Disk Drive interface that i have posted on the blog some years ago.

As far as i could understand this interface works only with BASIC 1.0 and BASIC 2.0 because the DiskMON ROM has the starting address $B000 (SYS 45056).

My PET 2001-32 have the ROM of BASIC 4.0 and the UD5 socket where the DiskMON ROM is installed is already used by one of the BASIC 4.0 ROMs, to test the i had to program the EPROMs with BASIC 2.0. (see photo)

Also before testing the interface i had to replace almost all the tantalum capacitors because many were short-circuited.

Capacitors replaced:

• 6 x 10uF/25v
• 1 x 1.5uF/50v
• 2 x 1uF/35v

Below a video and some photos documenting the full working operation.

Gallery:

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Download:

• CompuThink Interface Docs & Roms (523)
• CBM PET Basic2 FULL SET (505)
• CompuThink Interface Internet Photo (516)
• Printout Magazine (First Issue 1979) for PET Users (530)
• CompuThink Interface FULL Docs & Roms by DukeFawks (577)

Video:

NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK

Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.

Titles:

• Alien 3 +9DFHI 100%
• QWAK 1.3
• Wyr
• The Pyramid
• Warbot +D
• Cracker in Space
• Penis Attack
• Penis Attack (Import)
• C64 Hunt
• In 80 Days Around the World +4DF
• Fighting Survivor Preview
• Simone Says Basic
• Naddando [seuck]
• Match Up +D
• Bounce 20
• C64Pac Preview 2 +
• C*Base V3.0+ U64
• Astroblitz Deluxe +3H
• Y-Quest +2
• Ski Worldcup +TD
• 105 +3D
• Char Snake 64 Preview 2 +
• Creatures 2 +10DFHIR [easyflash]
• Mercs +7DGHI
• Roulett &T
• LOGITrumps Ultimate
• Bracket
• Brainbreak Preview
• Der Aktivpfad +3TD
• Jump 4K V1.1 +1H
• Jumpin’ Jalopies Extended V1.1 +1H
• Flying Saucers +2
• Flying Saucers Preview 3 +2
• Tile Style Preview +
• Dungeons of Death +D
• Dungeons of Death
• Secret Agent &S &Map
• Flying Saucers
• Flying Saucers +
• Starfire +3
• Stix +5DGH
• Megamania C64 +2D
• Snake 6510 Preview +J
• City Bomber Preview +
• Freaky Fish DX
• Freaky Fish DX +3H
• Planet Balls +2D
• Neptune Lander Elite Preview +
• Kawasaki Synthesizer – Composer
• Planet Balls +2D
• Solar Fox +HG
• Flying Saucers +3
• Cross Bomber Preview
• Fallen +2D
• Candyman +2
• Castle Wars +6MDGT
• Antonio Savona’s ATARI Collection +*H TopScore Editions
• Grand Prix Simulator

Download: All Games in One Archive (5477)

source: csdb.dk

The VIC-Switch allows up to 8 Commodore computers to connect to a single disk drive, printers, plotters etc.

The VIC-Switch keeps track of who is currently using the device and prevents access to all other computers who might be requesting it at the same time.
Once the first computer is done using it, the VIC-Switch will then give access to the next computer.

The peripheral was made in Sweden by Handic and some models carry the Commodore logo but it doesn’t look very Commodore style
and for that reason i think they were branded by Commodore but not manufactured Commodore .

Gallery:

Download: Commodore VIC-Switch by Handic Manual (626)

What is DiagROM?

DiagROM is a diagnostic tool for the amiga computers.

And it is to be used on defective machines, trying to help no-boot situations etc.

You simply replace the Kickstart roms in the Amiga with the DiagROM. and when poweron. your Amiga will start a diagnostic software. It will try to dump info on the serialport (and actual menus etc aswell) while also trying on the screen.

Changelog:

WOW This is a long time since I updated this. And lets be honest. I have forgot what i have changed.
BUT one thing I just been thinking. I have bumped the versionnumber in the wrong “end”.. so as I am working on a new init-routine. I consider this is the “stable” one.
So I bump the serialnumber to 1.2.1. I have been too busy with hardware so I must confess I haven’t coded so much on DiagROM. I have made some minor bugfixes etc.
I must still warn that if a routine is experimental you cannot really trust the tests.
Anyway in hope for the best in the future. the “daily” will for a while be a little “jumpy” while I get the new init working. This should be useful meanwhile.

Download: DiagoROM v1.2.1 Stable (987)

source: diagrom.com

NEW TAG: C64 BIG GAME PACK

Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.

Titles:

• Alice Escape from Wonderland
• Alice Escape from Wonderland +DS
• Terminal Fighter Preview V2 +2
• Bobby Bearing +6DGMF +Map
• Adventures of Tronic +2 [seuck]
• Project FX-64 +2 [seuck]
• Death Battle 2200 +2 [seuck]
• Magical Girl Mary vs E.V.I.L. +2 [seuck]
• Juhannussauna C64 +1T
• 2438 The Return +2 [seuck]
• Alien Bleed +2 [seuck]
• Mario’s Cement Factory V1.1 +1HD
• Nucleo 448 +3H [seuck]
• Turbo Outrun +8DHF
• Birdie Bird +2 [seuck]
• Roller Rink +2DG
• Trap Them 64 Preview 2
• Mario’s Cement Factory V1.2 +1HD
• Mirage +5F
• Behind Closed Doors 4 +DS
• Behind Closed Doors 8 +DS
• Hodge Podge +DM
• Escape to Murky Woods +DS
• C64Pac Preview +
• Space Swarm 64 +2 [seuck]
• Deadly Thunder +2 [seuck]
• Peiselgames
• Super Nova +3D
• Make My Day +4
• Othello Revenge
• Grub 20
• Othello Revenge +F
• Bring Back My Bones 4k
• Side Arms +5DGHI
• 1991 USSR Deep Space Probe Control Centre Janitor
• Elevator Eric +2
• Molly +
• Cover Fire!
• Jumpin’ Jalopies
• Make Them Jump 2k
• Orcapult +1D
• Rainbow Edge Run
• Jumpin Jalopies +1H
• Kugelblitz
• Flappy Space
• Kung Poo Fighter
• Cover Fire! +1D
• Snout About +
• Dodonuts
• Meteor Math +2
• Dodonuts +
• Kugelblitz +H
• S.W.Y.D.S.
• Fight!
• Jump 4k
• A Day in the Life of a Teleporter
• A Day in the Life of a Teleporter (BASIC 10liner version)
• Ewe Woz ‘Ere
• Zzapped in the Butt
• Plazzle
• Dodonuts +2
• Rainbow Edge Run +
• Flappy Space +
• Rescue 64 +
• Ewe Woz ‘Ere +
• Jump 4K +1H
• Rodman Jr. +1D
• Zzapped in the Butt +2D
• Fall
• Wyr +
• Star-Lair +2
• Stacks +
• Blockheads +2HD
• Al*Bert +
• Mini Danmaku 64 +
• Hose It Out 4K +
• C*Base V3.3.8+
• Spunk +1D
• Customs +
• Kung Poo Fighter +1D
• Fall +1H
• Parking Ticket
• S.W.Y.D.S. +
• Bring Back My Bones 4k +
• A Day in the Life of a Teleporter
• Make Them Jump 2k
• Dots +D
• Covid Attack 64
• Avoid +1H
• Fight! +1H
• 2020 ‘Craptastic’ 4kb Compilation
• Bring Back My Bones 4k V1.0.1
• Kung Poo Fighter +1H
• Bring Back My Bones 4k V1.0.1 +
• Plazzle +D
• Dots 4k +D
• Kung Poo Fighter V1.1
• Kung Poo Fighter V1.1 +1H
• Bulbo and the Blue Dragon +DS
• Cross Shoot +1D
• Cross Shoot V1.1 +1D
• 1991 USSR Deep Space Probe Control Centre Janitor V1.2
• Biplane Preview
• Dodonuts – Extended Play Edition +5
• Cross Shoot V1.2 +2D
• Country Pop
• Blazon Game-Tro +2H
• Joust +1D
• Mini Danmaku 64 V2 +D
• Spilldown + Day Edischen
• Alien 3 +9DFHI
• Mazezam V1.2 +3D

Download: All Games in One Archive (5545)

source: csdb.dk

The High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) is a freeware hobby project which organises Commodore 64 music (also known as SID music) into an archive for both musicians and fans alike.

The work on the collection is done completely in the Team and contributors’ spare time and is proudly one of the largest and most accurate computer music collections known.

This update features (all approximates):

• 558 new SIDs.
• 52 fixed/better rips.
• 1 repeats/bad rips eliminated.
• 242 SID credit fixes.
• 25 SID model/clock infos.
• 21 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified.
• 2 tunes from /GAMES/ identified.
• 25 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories.
• 9 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories.

Download:

• HVSC Update #73 (752)
• Complete HVSC #73 (785)

source: www.hvsc.c64.org

The restoration of the Sorcerer II of the Compudata (Exidy) was very simple, it was enough to replace all the tantalum capacitors with electrolytics one and make a good cleaning.

I tried the Sorcerer with the software downloadable at this link and to do a better understand the idea of the long loading (average 7 minutes) i have recorded the WAV file of the tape format on a Tape Cassette and used an old recorder to load the software, everything worked perfectly on the first try.

from Wikipedia;

The Sorcerer is a home computer system released in 1978 by the video game company Exidy.

It was comparatively advanced when released, especially when compared to the contemporary more commercially successful Commodore PET and TRS-80, but due to company focus on the coin operated video game marketplace resources were restricted for personal computer expansion and a separate division of the company was created.

Exidy Data Systems was headed by Paul Terrell to expand the product line to include small business computing with international distribution and technology license agreements to supplement corporate funding.

Distribution agreements with Dick Smith Electronics in Australia and Liveport in the UK as well as Compudata which included a manufacturing license to build, market and distribute the Tulip line of computers in Europe. Exidy sold the PC division to a Wall Street firm, Biotech, in 1983.

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