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|00002a80| 65 76 65 72 2c 20 44 72 | 75 67 73 20 61 6e 64 20 |ever, Dr|ugs and |
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|00002ac0| 54 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 | 65 6e 20 73 61 79 73 20 |The scre|en says |
|00002ad0| 6d 79 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 | 74 65 72 20 69 73 20 6e |my compu|ter is n|
|00002ae0| 6f 74 20 65 6e 68 61 6e | 63 65 64 2e 20 49 20 61 |ot enhan|ced. I a|
|00002af0| 6c 73 6f 20 68 61 76 65 | 20 61 20 70 72 6f 62 6c |lso have| a probl|
|00002b00| 65 6d 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 | 74 68 69 73 20 77 69 74 |em like |this wit|
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|00002b30| 20 70 72 69 6e 74 2e 20 | 41 6e 79 20 73 75 67 67 | print. |Any sugg|
|00002b40| 65 73 74 69 6f 6e 73 3f | 20 54 68 61 6e 6b 73 21 |estions?| Thanks!|
|00002b50| 0d 0d 41 6e 6e 61 20 4d | 63 4c 65 72 6f 79 2c 0d |..Anna M|cLeroy,.|
|00002b60| 41 75 67 75 73 74 61 20 | 47 41 0d 00 00 00 02 0a |Augusta |GA......|
|00002b70| 20 28 01 01 40 24 44 65 | 61 72 20 41 6e 6e 61 2c | (..@$De|ar Anna,|
|00002b80| 0d 0d 44 6f 20 79 6f 75 | 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 68 |..Do you| have th|
|00002b90| 65 20 65 78 74 65 6e 64 | 65 64 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 |e extend|ed memor|
|00002ba0| 79 20 63 61 72 64 3f 20 | 42 6f 74 68 20 6f 66 20 |y card? |Both of |
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|00002bc0| 65 65 64 20 31 32 38 4b | 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 2e |eed 128K| memory.|
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|00002bf0| 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 | 6f 75 20 74 68 69 6e 6b |e that y|ou think|
|00002c00| 20 79 6f 75 27 72 65 20 | 65 6e 68 61 6e 63 65 64 | you're |enhanced|
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|00002c20| 2e 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 | 20 67 6f 74 20 61 6e 20 |. If you| got an |
|00002c30| 6f 6c 64 20 75 70 67 72 | 61 64 65 20 6b 69 74 20 |old upgr|ade kit |
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|00002c50| 72 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 | 74 68 69 72 64 20 70 61 |r other |third pa|
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|00002c80| 74 68 65 20 6d 69 63 72 | 6f 70 72 6f 63 65 73 73 |the micr|oprocess|
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|00002cc0| 74 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 | 65 20 74 68 65 20 74 77 |t includ|e the tw|
|00002cd0| 6f 20 6e 65 65 64 65 64 | 20 72 65 70 6c 61 63 65 |o needed| replace|
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|00002cf0| 20 50 72 6f 66 65 73 73 | 6f 72 0d 00 00 00 02 0e | Profess|or......|
|00002d00| 02 30 01 01 2a 24 05 0d | 00 04 49 05 1b 8d 01 0a |.0..*$..|..I.....|
|00002d10| 60 11 03 45 6e 64 20 6f | 66 20 74 68 65 0d 50 72 |`..End o|f the.Pr|
|00002d20| 6f 66 65 73 73 6f 72 27 | 73 0d 51 20 26 20 41 20 |ofessor'|s.Q & A |
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