Slow cable issue????

[Recordlord]

Start / run / type in "sysedit" - OK / go to the system.ini window / look for [386Enh] under this put this line - Irq##=4096 / close. restart wham bam boom faster access.
Substitute ## for your NIC card Irq location. You can find it this way: right click on my computer / properties / device manager tab / dbl click on network adapters / dbl click on resources tab / Do ya see it? right there next to interrupt request!! This is the number you use to sub for the ##.

This tweak accesses info quicker from your NIC device (ethernet/network card) Try it tell me what you think!!!!

[BlaZeR2]

Anybody tried this yet? I am curious...does it just increase access to your NIC, or does it do something strictly for cable/dsl connections?

If it is NIC thing, i am interested in the results

Please let me know
BlaZeR2

[eatalay]

I just tried it. Looks like my speed stayed the same. Can't see a difference.

[BlaZeR2]

thanks for the speedy reply

BlaZeR2

[SmokingJoe]

Holy batsh*t, This is the fastest, i have ever seen on this cable. 750 kbs 15 megs 26 secs. I noticed the pages are quicker to load, almost instantly. Where did you find this tip. I have been ringing the phone off the hook at Road Runner!! Thanks, Man. Kisscop@aol.com

[Randy]

WOW ... COOOOOOOL

im just a gamer

COOOOOOOOOOOL

speed rulz

[TheRock4]

Hey Recordlord

Since it took you "6 weeks until I resolved the issue"... how did you figure this out and what does this line do exactly.

What does the number 4096 do???

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[This message has been edited by TheRock4 (edited 01-28-2000).]

[mosarian]

4096 would be 4 megs of memory reserved for the irq!

[GuyCable99]

Are these for Win98 ?

If I dbl click on "network adaptors" in win98 it is the same as clicking on the plus sign, and it only expands the list to show my adaptors (dial up & usb ethernet). There is not a resources tab. Is there another way to find the IRQ for the network adaptor ?

Also, the line to add to system.ini is "Irq##=4096" ? (sub irq for ##). I take it the "/" is not part of the deal ?

[GuyCable99]

OK - I think my USB device is why I don't see what you are talking about. I do not think the USB device is taking up an IRQ, so it does not have a recourse tab. I can go to start/programs/accessaries/system tools/system infomation and there choose IRQ's under hardware resources and I see that there exists a IRQ for the Intel PCI to USB Host controller, but I am not sure that really correlates to my USB Ethernet adaptor.

Guess this does not apply to the USB adaptors ?

[Recordlord]

No you need to dbl click on the your ethernet card it will bring up another window!

[Thorazine]

The fastest way to find irq settings for a machine is to open device manager and choose properties for computer. This will give a listing by #.

[martialcomp]

O.k., I just want to make sure I have the correct syntax. First, does Irq have to be capitalized? Second, are there any spaces in the statement. Is this correct "Irq##=4096"?

[Recordlord]

This is the only thing you add:

Irq11=4096

This is my setting. My ethernet card irq is 11 so yours will probably be different. I am unsure on the capitalization. If you notice all lines begin with upper case letters so I would use them. I tried this just for experiment I was amazed at the difference it made. This was my thought: If I allocated a certain amount of memory to my card wouldn't it run faster, yes. Essentially that is what you are doing. 512 1024 2048 anything a multiple of 512 would work. Atleast, if my theory holds true, should show positive improvements. My brother who lives next door saw his download speeds almost double and he really saw his biggest change in page transition. Now I am wondering wouldnt this work for regular modems also. Damn I am a genius. I am coming back to check posts frequently because I want everyone to benefit from this!!! My bro and I are very happy @Home customers now!!

[ExtraTrstl]

Hey I just did that tweak, restarted and downloaded some files that I had downloaded before I did the tweak...stayed about the same (well a a little bit slower, but not really noticeable)...

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[Recordlord]

I will try to have some benchmarking reports with the use of this tweak by tomorrow. Hang tight guys. It has worked for others here. I am sorry if it is not working for you. Tell us if it is pos or neg results. You can always go back and change it. For me I ain't touching it!!!

[Azazel]

Recordlord this tweak is majorily kick ass it totally cured my streaming video packet loss problem now it no long clips or lags I went from 25 packets lost to about 1 packet.
Pretty neat stuff allocating more memory to the nic card, never thought that would speed stuff up keep the tweaks coming. :-)

[GuyCable99]

Since there is not an IRQ allocated to a USB device (see my previous post) but there is an IRQ allocated to the USB controller (just like for IDE channel controllers) is there anything that someone with a USB ethernet adaptor can do ? The USB device itself is not taking up an IRQ http://www.speedguide.net/ubb/frown.gif

You cannot dbl click on the USB ethernet card and get a "resources tab" ! "Resources"
do not show up for that device. (I understand what you are saying as I do get "resource" tab for other devices.)

My IRQ for the USB controller is "11" - guess I can give that a shot just to see if it does anything. :confused:

(Wish I had a magic cure for my problems !)

[krackerjak]

well another tweak bits the dust for me! damn, this is gettting disappointing. first the regristy tweaks here didn't make one bit of difference, now this new one does not either! well it did appear to go up about 1.5 kilobytes, but that may be due to the time of day i tested, and it maybe my imagination but pages may be loading a tad faster. will increasing the number from 4096 make a difference?

[krackerjak]

btw, keep up the great work. i answered my own question btw. i changed the 4096 to 8192 and saw another increase! still not dramatic but an improvement. before any changes i averaged around 43 kilobytes/sec, after the reg. tweaks it stayed the same. after using the number 4096 it went up to around 45 and after the change to 8192 it went to between 47 and 48 with peaks over 50! is this like crack for cable/speed junkies??? at what point does it hurt me?

[mosarian]

krakerjac
You can't base an impovement on 3 or 4KB.

[Nosferato]

I would like to thank Recordlord..

I am a fellow @home user also.. I have had some speed problems with them in the past.. this has in some way or another helped a little.. "bandwidth tests".

Sorry about the gramer.. not my strong point http://www.speedguide.net/ubb/smile.gif
Thx again.

[krackerjak]

mosarian,
previously i have NEVER reached above 45KB/s period! (not even in peaks) now i appear to have steady 47 to 48 with peaks exceeding 50. it works out to roughly a 6% increase. heck its better than ive seen from any other tweaks. i do all my testing downloading quake3 from happypuppy.com. i'll keep checking but apparently it is working somewhat for me.

[Brent]

hmmm I don't see any improvements yet with this, I've got it at 8MB of memory now. I'll leave it there and see if I notice anything as I use my pc througout the day. BTW I have Win98SE

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[This message has been edited by Brent (edited 01-28-2000).]

[Thorazine]

I tried it too. Didn't see any difference. I think this might be good for machine that lacks a ton of extended mem. I personally have 256M, and I'm sure Brent you have quite a bit yourself. I would be curious to see if the people who it helped had less than 96M.



[This message has been edited by Thorazine (edited 01-28-2000).]

[Brent]

I have 128MB installed right now, I can easily go from 0 - 512MB of ram hehe but I find 128mb works fine for now

[messiah]

So far the pro's out weigh the cons! Good Job RecordLord.

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[supercool]

Record, ur tweak thing works great. it doubled my dl speed.

[Raos]

Yep, its a nice speed boost

[Dukat]

Wow!!! I just used the tweak and my speed jumped from 200kbytes/sec to around 250. Tested again and again, this was during peak time. Thanks for the info! I could kiss your feet!

[damnifiknow]

only treak that worked for me a small increase but anything is an improvement good job...........anyone have a realtek nic that has half or full duplex option in device manager if ya do have u noticed any diffwerence between them.........thanx

[brian peterson]

I downloaded the suggested patch for the @home network. When I try to open it, an e-mail window opens up. Any suggestions?

[TheRock4]

Did it, didn't improve, didn't hurt...
I would think that think would help out alot if you have like... 32MB RAM.
I have 128meg...
Interesting tweak though

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[Rex]

Cool little shortcut since you people use device manager so much. Try pressing the windows and pause key at the same time. http://www.speedguide.net/ubb/smile.gif

[Raos]

I dont think setting it to 8 megs is better, cuz it wont take advantage of ALL the 8 megs, so you are just wasting some ram that isnt even being used, so maybe 4 megs is best already.

[Recordlord]

I am happy to see this working for a lot of people!! I have 96 megs of memory, 4 megs dedicated to video. I think people with 160 megs plus of ram may not see the results that those of us with less.

[martin777]

I have a Dell PeeII-450,128MB,W'98,3com nic,General Instrument 3100 surfboard modem, and RR here in Oklahoma City. I used Irq=11
(my nic,video card,and holder for Irq steering is on irq11) and I think the web pages load faster but it's the wrong time of day to do objective d/l tests. Sure didn't slow d/l's down. Thankx Recordlord-if it helps a few guys here that's a great contribution to mankind. http://www.speedguide.net/ubb/biggrin.gif

[This message has been edited by martin777 (edited 01-28-2000).]

[krackerjak]

first of all, i am one of the lonely....only 64 mb of memory. anyways, another observation, and perhaps only a coinidence, but i tested my speed once again early this a.m. downloaded the same identical file. one with my download accelorator and the other regular. i actually got faster downloads with the regular vs. the accelorator. 44KBs vs. 48KBs.

[Philip]

We tested this on 4 separate systems, running 95, 98 and 98SE, it showed anywhere between 0 and 10% throughput gain, as well as a bit better overal performance.

We had better results even with a higher end system, 700 MHz Athlon, 256Mb 133 Samsung SDRAM, 7200 RPM SCSI HD.

It seems to work well, I've added a page to the site with the tweak.

[DJR]

did it for me, helped me by around 50kps up, and 400kps down, i am at around 2900kps down now with mt at home. around 350up.

[hYdrO]

I can't find anything that is [386Enh]. The closest thing I can find is [386Grabber]

Can I put the Irq09=4096 under the [386Grabber] line instead?

[Philip]

You should have a [386Enh] section, I guess if you don't, the right thing to do would be to add a line [386Enh] and the entry under it.

[Highpinger]

If this doesnt work or screws things up can you just erase the line and everything will be back to normal??

[GuyCable99]

Does anyone have any idea if this is appropriate for a USB Ethernet Adaptor ?

The Adaptor itself does not have an IRQ assigned, as the entire USB controller gets the IRQ. (Can't go into device manager and click on USB device and see the IRQ number under resource tab, as that tab does not show up, but I know the USB channel itself takes up IRQ 11).

Well, I guess I can give this a stab and see what happens..

[drewwpb]

Good tweak !!! More noticeable with my cable modem...Definite Improvement !! Used it with my 56K modem too...Careful on taken the credit for it, it's been posted at www.tweak3d.net (http://www.tweak3d.net) under modem tweaks for about a year...

[drewwpb]

Good tweak !!! More noticeable with my cable modem...Definite Improvement !! Used it with my 56K modem too...Careful on taken the credit for it, it's been posted at www.tweak3d.net (http://www.tweak3d.net) under modem tweaks for about a year...

[Brent]

Originally posted by Rex:
Cool little shortcut since you people use device manager so much. Try pressing the windows and pause key at the same time. http://www.speedguide.net/ubb/smile.gif


That's a Kewl Shorcut, how did you find that out?

I'm gonna try this tweak on two systems, one being a P3 @ 560 with 256MB ram and the other being a P200 with 48MB ram.....


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Owner/Webmaster
The websites:

eXplosive3D Online Soon!
Gamers Reality ONLINE! http://www.gamersreality.com

Out the 100TX, through the switch, down the cable modem, over the fiber optics, off the bridge, past the head end office....nothing but Net

[Raos]

nono, you're think of of the "ComIRQbuffer" tweak.

[Philip]

drewwpb, if you refer to Speedguide.net, we are not trying to take credit for it, it's just something we tested and seems to work, so we've added it to the collection of tweaks, with the only intention of helping users.

As far as US Copyright Law is concerned, even if Dan at tweak3d.net, or someone else discovered it himself, he would have rights only over the presentation of the material, and the text, not the actual information (BTW, I did look over the modem tweaks at tweak3d.net and couldn't find this one).

Anyway, if someone believes they shold be given credit for this, we'd be glad to do it.

[richardc]

This seems to improve both my Win 98 SE sytems. Thanks. I was wondering if anyone had figured out how to do it with W2K.

[Recordlord]

I am just a poor old country boy!! If i have stepped on anyones toes I am sorry. The first place I actually posted it was in Randy's post about the $100. As for wanting credit for anything, don't needit. I get enjoyment knowing it might of somehow helped others.

[drewwpb]

My mistake, Raos your right it was the ComIrqBuffer tweak...The two are very similar. Man Philip, didn't mean to get panties in a bunch !! I never said anything about Speedguide taken credit for it. Very defensive tonight ! I hope you didn't waste a call to your Copyright Attorney. Lighten up...

[downhill]

Recordlord,way to go! It did speed up things a little for me but look at the posts!..You've helped a good amount of folk.

[Philip]

drewwpb: Well, it's been a long day http://www.speedguide.net/ubb/smile.gif

I didn't call any attorney, I've had to actually learn some of the laws after having some of our pages copied all over the net... http://www.speedguide.net/ubb/biggrin.gif


Recordlord, great tip, thanks.


[This message has been edited by Philip (edited 01-30-2000).]

[drewwpb]

Yes it has been a long day...I see that we are both in the Sunshine state so I know it is very late in the day or should I say early morning ? As far as your pages being copied , you know what they say " Imitation is the sincerist form of flattery "...Anyway your site seems to be the one most people refer to for tweaks...I hope there are no hard feelings ?

[Noir Pouvoir]

Used years ago in win311 for workgroups to optimize lan activity to and from win16 programs,win32 progs rely on the registry...

[iBringPain]

Nice tweak, thank you. I do have one question. Does it matter if your Cap the "I" or should lower case be used. I was using lower and changed to upper and did notice a slight difference?

[Rookie]

i did the patch and can't say for sure whether it helped. also, used krackerjack's idea and tried 8192. can't tell for sure but no harm done and i just love to see people like Recordlord and krackerjack using their noodle to help others. i luuuv this site!

rookie

[Raos]

JUST READ
I dont think setting it to 8 megs is better, cuz it wont take advantage of ALL the 8 megs, so you are just wasting some ram that isnt even being used, so maybe 4 megs is best already. And to prove this, I tried both values, and the 4 megs inproved and boosted my download speed, and if I try the 8 meg, it would still be very similar, and if 8 megs worked, then we should see twice the boosted amount.


[This message has been edited by Raos (edited 01-30-2000).]

[Rookie]

tried the 4096 tweak and Krackerjack's 8192 idea. no noticeable changes yet (will monitor for a while) but no harm done and i just love to see people like Recordlord and Krackerjack, et al using their noodle to help out others. i just luuuuv this forum!

rookie

[ExtraTrstl]

8192 seems slower to me. Could just be my delusions and the voices in my head, but for now I'm sticking with 4megs for the IRQ.

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[dick_hertz]

doesnt work. Got any Ideas

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[Recordlord]

I hope this little tweak of mine helped a lot of people. I am sorry I have been gone for so long without posting, but business is business. I will start posting more often since I am dedicated to more of time to helping others. Look for a tweak that kix butt soon. I an currently doing testing before I post my next tweak. My brother and I have noticed BIG TIME results with my next tweak. I am sure you will also, just give me time.

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[silkman]

wow thats cool hey recordlord does your next tweak work for win2000??

[JoshLatka]

Originally posted by Philip:
You should have a [386Enh] section, I guess if you don't, the right thing to do would be to add a line [386Enh] and the entry under it.

i have usb and this tweak doesnt help the usb much for download or upload speeds...its a great tweak for gamers.to use this tweak on ur usb adapter u gotta use the irq that ur usb is using.

[ExtraTrstl]

GOOD LORD! How did this thing get back up here?!?!?! BACK! BACK I SAY!!!!

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[Sephiroth]

Cool little shortcut since you people use device manager so much. Try pressing the windows and pause key at the same time.

[POWDY]

Can someone help me with NT..im trying to do this with NT and I dont know how to go about it. I have one GIG of ram and I want to see what it will do with my system. THanks

[sirtony]

This tweak is fully documented in speedguide.net under "System.ini"--if you can access the site without crashing, that is! The site guides you step-by-step for the tweak.
Thanks nonetheless to Recordlord for popularizing the tweak. Tony S.

[ExtraTrstl]

sirtony, recordlord actually showed Brent the tweak and that is why its on speedguide, not vise versa.

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[POWDY]

Thanks for the info i got into the System.ini
page but thats still for win x9 I need it for
NT...I cant seem to find out what IRQ is being used. Again thanks for letting me know so quickly.

[BooBear66]

THANK YOU!!!!! I GET DOWN ON MY KNEES TO KISS YOUR FEET BECAUSE NOW I CAN ACHIEVE SPEEDS UP TO 4 MB PER SECOND!!! I went from D/L at speeds averaging 100-230 kb per second and since the Tweak 300 kb to a whopping 4 mb per second!!! Yes 4 mb! I had to rub my eyes as I was downloading a game just to see if I was really seeing what I was seeing! Thanks man!!!!

[Brent]

Um you do realize you are not really seeing 4MB/sec right?

Prolly Cache related there ;-)

[BooBear66]

Originally posted by Brent:
Um you do realize you are not really seeing 4MB/sec right?

Prolly Cache related there ;-)

Umm do you realize I downloaded something for the FIRST time and got 4 mb per second?
You do not know what you speak of! It was 900kb jumped to 1 mb and than finally leaped to 4 mb! I'm not asking questions just happy as a bug in a rug so don't spoil it buster! lol

[BooBear66]

Heh sorry didn't realize you are the guy who posted the original tweak but anyway hell yeah I'm happy to be downloading so fast no matter what you say! Thanks!!

[BooBear66]

Originally posted by BooBear66:
Heh sorry didn't realize you are the guy who posted the original tweak but anyway hell yeah I'm happy to be downloading so fast no matter what you say! Thanks!!>>>

Sorry I'm so tired I take that back, don't know who originally posted that tweak but he knows alot of folks are happier with their cable speed. heh goodnight ;-)

[Brent]

that's impossible, 4MB/sec is T3 speeds

there is no way you are getting that fast on cable or DSL

clear all your cache and temp files and try downloads from different places on the web

[BooBear66]

Originally posted by Brent:
that's impossible, 4MB/sec is T3 speeds

there is no way you are getting that fast on cable or DSL

clear all your cache and temp files and try downloads from different places on the web

Alrighty I will do so but when files that took minutes now take seconds make me happy. Anyone else get extremely high speeds after this tweak?

[Xzaver]

Jumped ABOUT 3OO KBS ON WIRE2 TEST!

You Da Man Recordlord

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[BooBear66]

Well I did clear everything and got over 400 kb per second one place. Tried again got over 1 mb per second immediately. Still very happy because my download speeds were much slower and yes yes I know it's morning so I know it will be much slower come afternoon into evening but I will try again! I'm still very happy!

[Xzaver]

Oh And for you 411......I went from 21OO+ to
24OO++ (wire2 test)

[Xzaver]

oh And for your info...I went from 21OO+ to 24OO++!!

[BooBear66]

What is the wire2 test and where do I go for it?

[Brent]

http://www.2wire.com/dlp/dlp_bandwidth.html

But it's not very reliable neither is the Computing Central speed test

[Brent]

I got 4636kbps on it just now, that's the faster I've ever gotten on that speed test site. Though it is 1:55am on a Sunday Morning.

But usually I never go over 500kbps on that speed test, maybe they upgraded or something

N E ways 4636/8 = 579KB/sec for me first run on that test

On my first run of the Computing Central speed test http://www.computingcentral.com/topics/bandwidth/speedtest50.asp with cleared cache and temp files

I got:

Your line speed:

8160 Kbps

1000 K bytes/sec

[BooBear66]

I got these results:
Status:
Test completed...
Bandwidth = 2331.4 Kbps
umm I hope that's good.. considering it's not reliable. Is there a good test or a test one can just do to see what actual real speed is anyway?

[BooBear66]

I cleared files and went to the computing central test and this is what i got on first try:Your line speed:

1046.2 Kbps


128.2 K bytes/sec

[Brent]

2331/8 = 291KB/sec that's not too bad

Unfortunetly there is no perfect test

Do you have cable or DSL? and who is your ISP?

Basically you just have to download from really fast sites to see what your speed is

This one is usually very fast for everyone http://distribute.aureal.com/pub/Public/Drivers/Vortex/2048/Win9x2048.zip or this one http://downloads.aureal.com/pub/Public/Drivers/Vortex/w9x2041eng_drv.zip

Also try downloading a file striaight from your ISP's servers, that will be your fastest speed, if you are on @home cable use their Intranet.

[Prey521]

Hey Record, Do You actually think that YOU "DISCOVERED" this tweak (assigning more RAM to NIC Irq). Come on, give me a break, I have been using this tweak for over 4 months already. Get Real, and don't take the credit for something that you did NOT "discover".

[This message has been edited by Prey521 (edited 02-27-2000).]

[BooBear66]

Cleared again and got this:

2400 Kbps


294.1 K bytes/sec
umm it says over T2 so I guess that's not accurate but hey I don't care! lol My cable modem is new too the motorola new cyberwave whatever it is. It's cool looking.

[BooBear66]

Originally posted by Brent:
2331/8 = 291KB/sec that's not too bad

Unfortunetly there is no perfect test

Do you have cable or DSL? and who is your ISP?>>>

I have Cable with @home


Also try downloading a file striaight from your ISP's servers, that will be your fastest speed, if you are on @home cable use their Intranet.>>>

Ok thanks for your help!!

[Brent]

That's not a new modem, I've had my Motorola Cybersurfr Wave cable modem for over a year now, they have been used well over a year ago, so it's nothing new. But it is a good modem, solid, it block syncs real fast like 15 seconds, and it's just a good fast modem, I like em.

Who is your provider? and where?

[BooBear66]

Oops well sorry thought it was new so you know how new I am to cable. It looks like this:

http://www.mot.com/MIMS/Multimedia/gif-bin/wave.gif

Who is your provider? and where>>>

@Home in NJ

[Brent]

Ok, your speeds are normal according to those speed tests results you have shown, Those are NO 4MB/sec download, heh, but they aren't that bad either.

Try downloading from those two links i showed you, tell me your speed, then try downloading straight from @home's Intranet, type www in your browser, you may have to do it twice to pop up the @home window, then download something from there like a game demo or something, and tell your speed from that.

[Brent]

Yup that's the modem, it's a good one it's been around awhile, it's not DOCSIS complient though, so if you ever go to DOCSIS they will have to give you a new modem.

[BooBear66]

Well I decided to try d/l directly from @home intranet and went up to 300 very quickly finally going to 503 kb per second before it d/l 43 mb in about 1 min So I think that's pretty good I suppose.
I have to go to bed cuz I'm so tired!!! well come back later but no matter who's tweak it was I think it has worked for me.

[BooBear66]

Originally posted by Brent:
Yup that's the modem, it's a good one it's been around awhile, it's not DOCSIS complient though, so if you ever go to DOCSIS they will have to give you a new modem.>>>

What exactly is DOCSIS and how do I know if @home is even offering it? goodnite everyone

[POWDY]

okay something is going on here..my speed is getting less by the minute...I did this tweak last night and it was great...this morning I tested the speed at : http://www.computingcentral.com/topics/bandwidth/speedtest50.asp
and I got 1500 Kbps and 137k bytes/sec.

Then i cleared the history cache and all that stuff, and tested it again the it was like 1100kbps.
Now i tested it again and its like 652.8kbps and 80k bytes/sec. Can someone tell me what the hell is going on..or tell me what else i can do to fix this problem. Im NT user. THanks. Also if you guys have other suggestions please dont hesistate.

[ispark]

Getting pretty close to 100 posts!
btw, the tweak worked for me.

[cableboy]

The tweak also sped me up a bit.... 99.


cb

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