Re: Corel Wordperfect 2000 for Linux
Does anyone know where you can find a copy of Corel's Wordperfect Office 2000 for Linux? I've been using WP since the dos days. If I can get WP on my Linux box, I can discard my Microsoft 98 partition. If that's a no go, will WP Windows version work on Crossover Office? StarOffice just doesn't have the features I'm looking for. Thanks, Tom This message originated from a Unix computer using Open Source software: SuSE Linux 7.2 Pro, Galeon 1.0.3 Browser, AbiWord 0.99.3 Word Processor, Ximian Gnome 1.4.0.6 and Evolution 1.0.3 Groupware Suite. Have a lot of fun!!! (Unix is like a wigwam -- no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside.)
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Does anyone know where you can find a copy of Corel's Wordperfect Office 2000 for Linux? I've been using WP since the dos days. If I can get WP on my Linux box, I can discard my Microsoft 98 partition. If that's a no go, will WP Windows version work on Crossover Office? StarOffice just doesn't have the features I'm looking for. Thanks, Tom
I bought my copy from Linux Central, http://www.linuxcentral.com. Don't know if they still sell it. I was very disapointed, though. It's basically the Windows version running on top of a modified version of Wine. Regards. - -- Alfredo J. Cole http://www.acyc.com (Accounting Systems) http://www.clshonduras.com (Linux Hardware) PGP Key available from certserver.pgp.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8tzXPu5DxuPWE298RApXBAJ9WHiKsAvlpV8XiVYOX9xgjLUi0DACcCqA1 ZV7QUEBLJ8+6IR1BbXc3QM0= =95SG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that Word Perfect for Linux was compiled for Linux using the Wine API Libraries. Star Office is (or was) ported that way also. On 12 Apr 2002 at 13:30, Alfredo Cole wrote:
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El Vie 12 Abr 2002 12:58, escribiste:
Does anyone know where you can find a copy of Corel's Wordperfect Office 2000 for Linux? I've been using WP since the dos days. If I can get WP on my Linux box, I can discard my Microsoft 98 partition. If that's a no go, will WP Windows version work on Crossover Office? StarOffice just doesn't have the features I'm looking for. Thanks, Tom
I bought my copy from Linux Central, http://www.linuxcentral.com. Don't know if they still sell it. I was very disapointed, though. It's basically the Windows version running on top of a modified version of Wine.
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. WP8 was. But WP2000 is all Win, on a special version of Wine. It's a trainwreck. Nobody wanted it to work more than me, but I just couldn't make it. Maybe your skills are better. Wanna buy mine for half-price? So for my old files I use WP in VMware and for new I'm trying to like KOffice or OpenOffice. On Friday, 12 April 2002 15:03, you wrote:
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that Word Perfect for Linux was compiled for Linux using the Wine API Libraries. Star Office is (or was) ported that way also.
On 12 Apr 2002 at 13:30, Alfredo Cole wrote:
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El Vie 12 Abr 2002 12:58, escribiste:
Does anyone know where you can find a copy of Corel's Wordperfect Office 2000 for Linux? I've been using WP since the dos days. If I can get WP on my Linux box, I can discard my Microsoft 98 partition. If that's a no go, will WP Windows version work on Crossover Office? StarOffice just doesn't have the features I'm looking for. Thanks, Tom
I bought my copy from Linux Central, http://www.linuxcentral.com. Don't know if they still sell it. I was very disapointed, though. It's basically the Windows version running on top of a modified version of Wine.
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Please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that Word Perfect for Linux was compiled for Linux using the Wine API Libraries. Star Office is (or was) ported that way also.
WP8 is a Linux native application using Motif. Star Office is also. As a matter of fact, the first versions of SO were Linux-only until Sun took it over. - -- Alfredo J. Cole http://www.acyc.com (Accounting Systems) http://www.clshonduras.com (Linux Hardware) PGP Key available from certserver.pgp.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8t1eIu5DxuPWE298RAk5FAJ9s6DnyzGUXWvlT0qKjFJ66A13JcwCdF7fs YiszVCT31tfFxQXNfacJel8= =PgMu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
begin Alfredo Cole's quote: | As a matter of fact, the first versions of SO were Linux-only until | Sun took it over. absolutely untrue. the first versions of staroffice were OS/2 native. -- dep http://www.linuxandmain.com -- outside the box, barely within the envelope, and no animated paperclip anywhere.
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begin Alfredo Cole's quote: | As a matter of fact, the first versions of SO were Linux-only | until Sun took it over.
absolutely untrue. the first versions of staroffice were OS/2 native.
Well, Marco Boerries did make a StarWriter version for Windows back in 1993, a full year before it was available for OS/2. The StarOffice suite was introduced in 1995, and the aim was to make it available to all operating systems. I guess we were both wrong. - -- Alfredo J. Cole http://www.acyc.com (Accounting Systems) http://www.clshonduras.com (Linux Hardware) PGP Key available from certserver.pgp.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8t2oMu5DxuPWE298RAso9AJ9hG1c6vg7eu6ZnC7O8dbj34vPo8gCePE8p v4Wp91PZZMq+9jSbS++qYGs= =Qmwl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alfredo Cole (föstudagur 12. apríl 2002 21:54)
El Vie 12 Abr 2002 14:03, escribiste:
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that Word Perfect for Linux was compiled for Linux using the Wine API Libraries. Star Office is (or was) ported that way also.
WP8 is a Linux native application using Motif. Star Office is also. As a matter of fact, the first versions of SO were Linux-only until Sun took it over.
I don't know from what storybooks you get your facts, but I can assure you that you are just plain wrong. Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux *IS NOT* a Motif program. If the looks don't convince ( you never have seen a Motif program look so "sleek" ) then you can do a find on the application tree, and search for "[w,W][i,I][n,N][e,E]", which should prove successful if I recall correctly. StarOffice was in version 5.1 available for both Windows and Linux. It is neither a wine application, nor a Motif application unless wine would be somehow hidden and linked into the binaries, which I wouldn't believe. StarOffice *USED* to be a Motif application back in the 3.x days while available for Linux AND other Unix OS's, but SUN didn't take it over until in early version 5.2, so they had nothing to do with the Windows port. - -- This mail is sent using KMail and Linux. Thus it is 100% guaranteed virus free. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8t5Lt6mRH+PEpr2YRAq0kAKCNDP3mL31VoV1mE1U0GRWLW2lVswCfdZRc p+0K1R6NXWmyrBtoXcSUr3w= =JQvU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Friday 12 April 2002 21:07, you wrote:
Alfredo Cole (föstudagur 12. apríl 2002 21:54)
El Vie 12 Abr 2002 14:03, escribiste:
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that Word Perfect for Linux was compiled for Linux using the Wine API Libraries. Star Office is (or was) ported that way also.
WP8 is a Linux native application using Motif. Star Office is also. As a matter of fact, the first versions of SO were Linux-only until Sun took it over.
I don't know from what storybooks you get your facts, but I can assure you that you are just plain wrong.
Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux *IS NOT* a Motif program. If the looks don't convince ( you never have seen a Motif program look so "sleek" ) then you can do a find on the application tree, and search for "[w,W][i,I][n,N][e,E]", which should prove successful if I recall correctly.
Actually, the original writer was correct. WordPerfect 8 for Linux was done with Motif. WordPerfect 2000 for Linux was done with WINE. Not meaning to start a quid pro quo contest; just setting it straight. -Thomas Long tlong@eskimo.com -- Using SuSE Linux 7.3
"Thomas E. Beasley, Jr." wrote:
Does anyone know where you can find a copy of Corel's Wordperfect Office 2000 for Linux? I've been using WP since the dos days. If I can get WP on my Linux box, I can discard my Microsoft 98 partition. If that's a no go, will WP Windows version work on Crossover Office? StarOffice just doesn't have the features I'm looking for. Thanks, Tom
I think you might find it under http://linux.corel.com. Sometime ago I started to download a Word Perfect copy from that site
On Saturday 13 April 2002 03:26, hwm@onetel.net.uk wrote:
I think you might find it under http://linux.corel.com. Sometime ago I started to download a Word Perfect copy from that site
Corel sold Corel Linux to another company. I am not sure about WP for Linux. Cheers, Brian
Brian Durant:
hwm@onetel.net.uk:
I think you might find it under http://linux.corel.com. Sometime ago I started to download a Word Perfect copy from that site
Corel sold Corel Linux to another company. I am not sure about WP for Linux.
Where can I get Corel WordPerfect or Corel Draw for Linux? Xandros has acquired rights to the Corel LINUX OS but unfortunately, we do not have the rights to develop or distribute WordPerfect or any of the Corel graphics applications. Corel has now discontinued distribution of their applications for Linux. Since WP2002 came out, I've seen WP2000 for Linux in the shops for just 40 euro or so. The Windows version seems to run very well on Win4Lin. SH
I was very impressed by the "teaser" of the new StarOffice I saw at the Linux show in New York in January. It should be coming out fairly soon. I think maybe May. At 14:58 04/12/2002 -0400, Thomas E. Beasley, Jr. wrote:
Does anyone know where you can find a copy of Corel's Wordperfect Office 2000 for Linux? I've been using WP since the dos days. If I can get WP on my Linux box, I can discard my Microsoft 98 partition. If that's a no go, will WP Windows version work on Crossover Office? StarOffice just doesn't have the features I'm looking for. Thanks, Tom
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Dep is correct. SO started as an OS/2 program and it was written using SO developed libraries that made it easier for them to convert to different platforms. They had at least OS/2, Linux and Windows versions WAY before Sun purchased the company. I still remember rumors that IBM was buying SO so that they will have their own MS-Office like suite for OS/2. Avi On Fri, 2002-04-12 at 17:04, dep wrote:
begin Alfredo Cole's quote:
| As a matter of fact, the first versions of SO were Linux-only until | Sun took it over.
absolutely untrue. the first versions of staroffice were OS/2 native. -- dep
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On Friday 12 April 2002 18:06, Doug McGarrett wrote:
I was very impressed by the "teaser" of the new StarOffice I saw at the Linux show in New York in January. It should be coming out fairly soon. I think maybe May.
July, at the earliest dj tuchler
On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 21:45:09 -0500 "Dennis J.Tuchler" <dtuchler@earthlink.net> scribbled intuitively:
On Friday 12 April 2002 18:06, Doug McGarrett wrote:
I was very impressed by the "teaser" of the new StarOffice I saw at the Linux show in New York in January. It should be coming out fairly soon. I think maybe May.
July, at the earliest
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Hi All & Tom, who typed about the above topic. You & me both, when it comes to WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS {DOG} days :-) Then, WordPerfect went bust, it went to Novel, then Corel & it is a sorry mess now.... Corel went hell for leather & did release WordPerfect 2000 for Tux, via wine. Looking back at this list archives, will show varied experiences with it on SuSE, as will a search of Corels forums. The bottom line is (IMHO), after Corel said they would release a service pack for WordPerfect 2000 for Tux, they have in point of fact, abandoned it; after the coincidental investment by Microsoft.... Corel have dropped out of the Wine project, dropped there Linux distro & are focussing on Doze & the legal fraternity. They are feeding the sharks :-) For this, they get the one finger salute from me & several others; having promised one thing & done another. Up till a month or so ago, you could get WordPerfect 2000 for Tux & Linux Central, but I see it is not there anymore (well, it might be, I could not find it). Give version WordPerfect 8 for Linux (native), if you like & it takes a bit of work to get it up in SuSE. Here is the url. http://www.linuxcentral.com/catalog/index.php3?prod_code=L000-019&id=sh5Xpxsbg6Jfc In the mean time, I am waiting to get my monitor fixed & Star Office to come out, so I can go back to Tux full time. *HTH* Greek Geek :-) As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. -- Albert Einstein Thomas E. Beasley, Jr. wrote:
Does anyone know where you can find a copy of Corel's Wordperfect Office 2000 for Linux? I've been using WP since the dos days. If I can get WP on my Linux box, I can discard my Microsoft 98 partition. If that's a no go, will WP Windows version work on Crossover Office? StarOffice just doesn't have the features I'm looking for. Thanks, Tom
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Could this be of interest to any interested in WPO2000? Running WordPerfect® Office 2000 for Linux® on Various Distributions Downloadable Script Now Available To install and run correctly, the original release of WordPerfect® Office 2000 for Linux® requires the presence of a system script called "run-parts". This is not present on some Linux distributions (including Caldera, SuSE, Mandrake and some others) which can prevent the application from running properly because an incorrect setup procedure is performed. Corel has quickly addressed this issue by creating a downloadable install script that does not require run-parts: Download the Updated Install Script http://linux.corel.com/support/script.htm dave Haralambos Geortgilakis wrote:
Hi All & Tom,
who typed about the above topic.
You & me both, when it comes to WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS {DOG} days :-)
Then, WordPerfect went bust, it went to Novel, then Corel & it is a sorry mess now....
Corel went hell for leather & did release WordPerfect 2000 for Tux, via wine. Looking back at this list archives, will show varied experiences with it on SuSE, as will a search of Corels forums.
The bottom line is (IMHO), after Corel said they would release a service pack for WordPerfect 2000 for Tux, they have in point of fact, abandoned it; after the coincidental investment by Microsoft....
Corel have dropped out of the Wine project, dropped there Linux distro & are focussing on Doze & the legal fraternity. They are feeding the sharks :-)
For this, they get the one finger salute from me & several others; having promised one thing & done another. Up till a month or so ago, you could get WordPerfect 2000 for Tux & Linux Central, but I see it is not there anymore (well, it might be, I could not find it).
Give version WordPerfect 8 for Linux (native), if you like & it takes a bit of work to get it up in SuSE. Here is the url.
http://www.linuxcentral.com/catalog/index.php3?prod_code=L000-019&id=sh5Xpxsbg6Jfc
In the mean time, I am waiting to get my monitor fixed & Star Office to come out, so I can go back to Tux full time.
*HTH*
Greek Geek :-)
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. -- Albert Einstein
Thomas E. Beasley, Jr. wrote:
Does anyone know where you can find a copy of Corel's Wordperfect Office 2000 for Linux? I've been using WP since the dos days. If I can get WP on my Linux box, I can discard my Microsoft 98 partition. If that's a no go, will WP Windows version work on Crossover Office? StarOffice just doesn't have the features I'm looking for. Thanks, Tom
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Replying to my own message, according to the Mandrake Newsletter, StarOffice 6.0 has been available since late March. I have not researched the price, I've been told it's not free. At 14:58 04/12/2002 -0400, Thomas E. Beasley, Jr. wrote:
Does anyone know where you can find a copy of Corel's Wordperfect Office 2000 for Linux? I've been using WP since the dos days. If I can get WP on my Linux box, I can discard my Microsoft 98 partition. If that's a no go, will WP Windows version work on Crossover Office? StarOffice just doesn't have the features I'm looking for. Thanks, Tom
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Hi All & Doug, who typed out some stuff below. <snip> according to the Mandrake Newsletter, StarOffice 6.0 has been available since late March. I have not researched the price, I've been told it's not free. <snip> Yep, but you need to be a gold club member or silver or some such, to wit paid up member, to get hold of StarOffice 6.0. As for the rest of us, I quote, http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/news/ <snip> New StarOffice 6.0 Gains Early Support <http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=701&a=24914,00.asp> eWeek April 1, 2002 As Sun Microsystems Inc. readies its StarOffice 6.0 suite for a May release, some enterprises are already planning to rip out existing desktop productivity suites for the new product. <snip> More news to follow.... :-) Greek Geek :-) Real Men don't make backups. They upload it via ftp and let the world mirror it. -- Linus Torvalds
In case you are still interested in it, here is a link: http://shop.mensys.nl/catalogue/mns_WP2000L.html I've had it since it first came out. Used it quite a bit on my laptop. If you have lots of ram it will perform adequately. The good: It performs exactly as the windows version with all the bells and whistles. The bad: Startup times are a bit slow. If it crashes on you, it won't restart until you run a reset script that will regenerate the font metrics and such. Running that script solves any problems but also deletes all of your settings and customizations you've made since install. That alone irritated me to the point of giving up on it. If it was stable I would have loved it even if it did run on wine. The bottom line is that Corel bet its reputation on stable software released on top of alpha software. Not smart. If you buy it, you are on your own. Neither Corel or Xandros will support it. CHECK THAT! I just surfed to their site and I see the download and support pages were restored. When this topic was discussed a few months ago they had removed all the links to updated scripts and support. Perhaps someones lawyer reminded them they can't go back on the promised 30 day support. It's a shame Corel botched the linux release so badly. John beesknees@earthlink.net wrote:
Does anyone know where you can find a copy of Corel's Wordperfect Office 2000 for Linux? I've been using WP since the dos days. If I can get WP on my Linux box, I can discard my Microsoft 98 partition. If that's a no go, will WP Windows version work on Crossover Office? StarOffice just doesn't have the features I'm looking for. Thanks, Tom
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Le Dimanche 14 Avril 2002 23:45, vous avez écrit :
In case you are still interested in it, here is a link: http://shop.mensys.nl/catalogue/mns_WP2000L.html
I've had it since it first came out. Used it quite a bit on my laptop. If you have lots of ram it will perform adequately. The good: It performs exactly as the windows version with all the bells and whistles. The bad: Startup times are a bit slow. If it crashes on you, it won't restart until you run a reset script that will regenerate the font metrics and such. Running that script solves any problems but also deletes all of your settings and customizations you've made since install. That alone irritated me to the point of giving up on it.
If it was stable I would have loved it even if it did run on wine. The bottom line is that Corel bet its reputation on stable software released on top of alpha software. Not smart. If you buy it, you are on your own. Neither Corel or Xandros will support it. CHECK THAT! I just surfed to their site and I see the download and support pages were restored. When this topic was discussed a few months ago they had removed all the links to updated scripts and support. Perhaps someones lawyer reminded them they can't go back on the promised 30 day support. It's a shame Corel botched the linux release so badly.
John
beesknees@earthlink.net wrote:
Does anyone know where you can find a copy of Corel's Wordperfect Office 2000 for Linux? I've been using WP since the dos days. If I can get WP on my Linux box, I can discard my Microsoft 98 partition. If that's a no go, will WP Windows version work on Crossover Office? StarOffice just doesn't have the features I'm looking for. Thanks, Tom
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Hello, If it interests somebody, I still have the "install" and "uninstall" scripts for WP2000. It wotked for SuSE 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 (maybe 7.0 I forgot). -- Alain Barthélemy cassandre@gminformatique.com bartydeux@gminformatique.com http://bartydeux.gminformatique.com
Alain Do you use WP2000? Since this thread began I reinstalled it. Works fine but can't print anything (I'm using cups). Just wondered if you were using it what was your experience with it. It has received much bad press on this list but except for the printing problem (which I didn't have before) I prefer it to anything that has been produced for Linux to date (that I have tried, anyway) and it works with MS docs fine! Eddie On Monday 15 April 2002 6:02 pm, Alain Barthélemy wrote:
Le Dimanche 14 Avril 2002 23:45, vous avez écrit :
In case you are still interested in it, here is a link: http://shop.mensys.nl/catalogue/mns_WP2000L.html
I've had it since it first came out. Used it quite a bit on my laptop. If you have lots of ram it will perform adequately. The good: It performs exactly as the windows version with all the bells and whistles. The bad: Startup times are a bit slow. If it crashes on you, it won't restart until you run a reset script that will regenerate the font metrics and such. Running that script solves any problems but also deletes all of your settings and customizations you've made since install. That alone irritated me to the point of giving up on it.
If it was stable I would have loved it even if it did run on wine. The bottom line is that Corel bet its reputation on stable software released on top of alpha software. Not smart. If you buy it, you are on your own. Neither Corel or Xandros will support it. CHECK THAT! I just surfed to their site and I see the download and support pages were restored. When this topic was discussed a few months ago they had removed all the links to updated scripts and support. Perhaps someones lawyer reminded them they can't go back on the promised 30 day support. It's a shame Corel botched the linux release so badly.
John
beesknees@earthlink.net wrote:
Does anyone know where you can find a copy of Corel's Wordperfect Office 2000 for Linux? I've been using WP since the dos days. If I can get WP on my Linux box, I can discard my Microsoft 98 partition. If that's a no go, will WP Windows version work on Crossover Office? StarOffice just doesn't have the features I'm looking for. Thanks, Tom
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Hello,
If it interests somebody, I still have the "install" and "uninstall" scripts for WP2000. It wotked for SuSE 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 (maybe 7.0 I forgot).
John Scott wrote:
In case you are still interested in it, here is a link: http://shop.mensys.nl/catalogue/mns_WP2000L.html
I've had it since it first came out. Used it quite a bit on my laptop. If you have lots of ram it will perform adequately. The good: It performs exactly as the windows version with all the bells and whistles. The bad: Startup times are a bit slow. If it crashes on you, it won't restart until you run a reset script that will regenerate the font metrics and such. Running that script solves any problems but also deletes all of your settings and customizations you've made since install. That alone irritated me to the point of giving up on it.
If it was stable I would have loved it even if it did run on wine. The bottom line is that Corel bet its reputation on stable software released on top of alpha software. Not smart. If you buy it, you are on your own. Neither Corel or Xandros will support it. CHECK THAT! I just surfed to their site and I see the download and support pages were
"Unfortunately, we cannot offer free support for existing users of Corel LINUX or Corel Linux applications. Please contact Corel Corporation for support of these products. " Taken from the xandros site at 1712 EDt 15 Apr 02 dave
restored. When this topic was discussed a few months ago they had removed all the links to updated scripts and support. Perhaps someones lawyer reminded them they can't go back on the promised 30 day support. It's a shame Corel botched the linux release so badly.
John
beesknees@earthlink.net wrote:
Does anyone know where you can find a copy of Corel's Wordperfect Office 2000 for Linux? I've been using WP since the dos days. If I can get WP on my Linux box, I can discard my Microsoft 98 partition. If that's a no go, will WP Windows version work on Crossover Office? StarOffice just doesn't have the features I'm looking for. Thanks, Tom
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