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| dexvert
| GlueMon Module (music/glueMon)
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| dexvert
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| file
| MacBinary II, inited, Fri Nov 20 10:13:41 1992, modified Thu Dec 17 08:43:23 1992, creator 'SOLG', type 'SIMA', 73635 bytes "CD_Q&A.glue" , at 0x12023 2516 bytes resource
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| MacBinary 2
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| siegfried
| fmt/1762 MacBinary (II)
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| lsar
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