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If you are going to undertake a public-spirited policy to help people by posting such information, I'm sure that we all appreciate it, but I respectfully suggest that you learn how to preserve the formatting (or at least use some formatting) so that the text will be easier to read.

I mean, look at your post on this board. Then look at http://www.comptechlib.com/9101.html


Then click on the "FAQ" item for gidforums and click Are there any special special codes/tags I can use to markup my posts? Then Click here

Regards,

Dave

"Bottom line: If you want people to read something, make it easy to read."
---davekw7x