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July 23 |
Polarad 15" M-200 monitor
Raytheon 19" color set
|
|
July 21 |
Prewar Database updated: Marconi
702, HMV 907 and Murphy A58V added
|
|
July 6 |
Chuck Azzalina's method of rebuilding high voltage (EHT) capacitors
|
|
July 1 |
More 2008 convention photos
(courtesy of Wayne Bretl)
|
|
June 27 |
National Schools 1946
advertisement
Burgess Battery 1937 advertisement
ATI 1946 advertisments
Capitol Radio Engineering Institute
|
|
June 26 |
2009 Convention will be May 1, 2
and 3 at the museum and Makoy Center in Hilliard.
History of early electronic
television revised
|
|
June 25 |
Gray Research monitor
saturable reactor,
schematic
|
|
June 24 |
Television training schools
National Schools, Los Angeles
|
|
June 21 |
1945 DuPont ad for Lucite
projection lens
|
|
June 17 |
John Folsom's report on the
15GP22 rebuilding project
|
|
June 12 |
Update on the
15GP22 rebuilding project
|
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June 10 |
Link added to the
Museum of Broadcast Technology
|
|
June 9 |
Dutch 1932 television booklet
|
|
June 8 |
Finally - a 15GP22 rebuilding attempt
More on the 15GP22
RCA CT-100 specification sheet
Baird Televisor operating
instructions
|
|
June 7 |
Another list of European
mechanical stations
TV at the 1933 Chicago
Worlds Fair
More on the Sanabria theater
projection system
|
|
June 6 |
RCA CTC-4 ad
RCA CTC-5 ad
|
|
June 2 |
New acquisitions:
Stromberg Carlson TV-12
console and Stromberg
Carlson TV-12 table model
|
|
May 30 |
More on the Purdue University 1932 set
|
|
May 29 |
RCA dot sequential system FCC
presentation
|
|
May 28 |
More on our CRT rebuilding plant
1954 New York Times ad for
Hoffman color TV
|
|
May 26 |
Ad for RCA prototype
projection CRT
|
|
May 25 |
HMV 904 service manual
|
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May 23 |
Postcard with RCA TT-5
|
|
May 19 |
Prewar Database updated: HMV 901
added
Link to
WGSF website
|
|
May 18 |
Barthelemy 60 line scanning disk
Mechanical Database updated:
Barthelemy 60 line scanning disk added
WRNY/W2XAL
|
|
May 17 |
Mechanical station list updated
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|
May 16 |
Letter to supplier of
80 line disks for W6XAO reception
1956 Color TV ads in
Washington Post
1928 Washington Post
article about Baird color TV
1931 Washington Post article
about Farnsworth and Philco
1928
Washington Post article about W2XB
More on the 1698 monoscope
|
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May 15 |
Color Database updated: Sentinel
IU-816 added
New acquisition: Sentinel IU-816
New acquisition:
RCA one gun developmental
color CRT
|
|
May 14 |
Viewtone ad - October, 1945
More on
Baird electronic color system
Baird T5 drawings
Photo of first
television commercial
Emerson 15" color prototype
Amphenol 1945 antenna
W6KQ,
Los Angeles
W9XAL 1939 studio
W9XAL letters from 1933
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|
May 13 |
Prewar Database updated: Marconi
706 added
Pictures of a Meissner prewar set owned
by KDYL
2008 Convention pictures
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May 12 |
RCA CT-100 Press Release
RCA CT-100 production line photo
New acquisition:
Sparton 10B
|
|
May 6 |
Watch the 2008 Early
Television Convention online
The 2008 convention
Color Database updated: RCA TM-10
monitor added
|
|
Apr 29 |
More pictures of
1948 RCA mobile van
CBS RX-90 engineering sample
chassis at auction
|
|
Apr 25 |
Picture of new CRT for Pye 817
Pictures of the 1948 RCA mobile van
(now at the museum)
|
|
Apr 24 |
More TV sets for the Convention auction
|
|
Apr 23 |
More TV sets for the Convention auction
|
|
Apr 22 |
DuMont rectangular color CRT
Zenith 15" color set
More on Zenith Phonevision
More on Zenith 1939 set
More on Sparton 10B
|
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Apr 20 |
Marconi 703 on
Antiques Roadshow
Peter Goldmark article by Dave
Johnson
|
|
Apr 19 |
Denis Asseman, mechanical TV
enthusiast, dies of heart attack in England
|
|
Apr 18 |
If you plan to attend the convention, please let us know as soon as
you can so we can let the caterer know how many to expect
Insuline catalog
|
|
Apr 17 |
More Dave Johnson auction items added
|
|
Apr 16 |
Pictures of Dave Johnson
auction items
|
|
Apr 11 |
Lafayette Radio flyer - 1947
|
|
Apr 9 |
Baird article -
Attic Inventor's Magic Eye
Sees Across the Ocean
|
|
Apr 7 |
Manfred von Ardenne 1931 flying spot
scanner
1936 Berlin TV
transmitter
TV transmitters
on this site
TV studios on this
site
|
|
Apr 5 |
W9XG
West Lafayette, Indiana
|
|
Apr 3 |
First NBC television master
control room - James Oneal's 2008 Convention presentation
|
|
Mar 31 |
Color Database updated: RCA
CT-100 added
Prewar database updated: Murphy
A1456V changed to A56V
1950 article about CRT
manufacturing
Murphy prewar television sales
|
|
Mar 30 |
Sentinel IU-816 color set
schematic diagram
|
|
Mar 29 |
Prewar database updated: Sears/Silvertone
126-214 (TT-5) removed, Sears/Silvertone TRK-9 removed
|
|
Mar 27 |
DuMont 100 kw transmitter
Philco color film scanner
Sava
Jacobson's recollections about early color
W3XK Washington, DC
W2XCD Passaic, NJ
Philco 1944 TV relay - Philadelphia
to New York/Schenectady
Bell Labs "TV Pipe" picture
|
|
Mar 26 |
Other early color set clones
|
|
Mar 25 |
More
W8XCT/WLW photos and articles
1929 Telefunken Weiler Drum
viewer
Several Telefunken prewar sets added
Cossor 54 advertisement
|
|
Mar 24 |
Democratic and
Republican conventions televised
1940 DuMont portable
camera
More on DuMont 195
Prewar program schedules
W2XBS New York
Lorenz Model 36
WLW stations
WOIC-TV Washington, D. C.
Several TeKaDe mechanical sets added |
|
Mar 23 |
TV stations as of
December, 1935
Fernseh A. G. Theater Television
System
Fernseh A. G. mechanical sets
Several Fernseh A. G. prewar set photos added
|
|
Mar 22 |
First boxing match televised on west
coast
W6XAO page reorganized
Television Brings
Circus to Bedridden
Broadway Show and
Grand Opera Brought to Television
Loop Aerials Being Developed for
Television
NBC to Televise
Republican Convention
Prewar Television DX
1847 Amateur Iconoscope
W6XAO televises movie production
Thomas Electronics 15GP22
test fixture
DuMont Vitascan brochure
10 by 8 Inch Television Images
|
|
Mar 21 |
Big Image Television Demonstrated
W2XAB color broadcasting plans
W2XWV - DuMont station in New York
W6XAO - Plans to add FM sound
NY - Long Island TV relay
Farnsworth Portable Camera
DuMont 195
Projection Tube for Large Television
Images
W2XB Schenectady |
|
Mar 19 |
Don Lee plans for 441 line standard
New York to Schenectady TV relay
W3XE
and W2XAB time share agreement
1940 television
audience article
Low Cost Experimental Television Receiver
Television Audience Sees
Through Plane's Eyes
Television Signal Booster
Constructing an Efficient
Television Antenna
|
|
Mar 18 |
Scophony article
Andrea 1-F-5 alignment instructions
How to add a magnifying lens
to a Andrea KT-E-5
NBC 1939 programming
RCA two way television
BBC remote programming
truck
Telefunken 1939 rectangular CRT
Adding a 3 inch CRT to the Radio &
Television set
JFD prewar antenna
Adding a 7 inch CRT to the low cost TV
W2XAB in 1939
|
|
Mar 17: |
Scam Alert - beware of seller in Spain
Sears-Toshiba 16" rectangular
color set
RCA color camera sales estimate
Plans for Don Lee studio building
CRT section reorganized
Philco CRT with ion trap
Expanding the picture size on an
Andrea KT-E-5
Ad for Pilot 4095
Ad for Stromberg Carlson 112
Reception of W6XAO on a home made
receiver
Tel-Tech,
RCA Apartment prewar
antennas |
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Mar 16: |
Bobby Ellerbee's early camera
database added to our site
W9XAK Manhattan, KS
Letter from KSU student detailing his
experience with W9XAK |
|
Mar 15: |
BBC Television Committee 1935 report
Philco TV-123 service manual
Color Database updated:
Sears-Toshiba 16" rectangular added
1939 article on TV antenna
installation
|
|
Mar 14: |
Crosley 348-CP
"Swing-a-View" manual
|
|
Mar 13: |
Color Database updated: RCA Model
5 added
|
|
Mar 6: |
Video of CRT rebuilding
to be shown at the 2008 convention
The first TV station in Mexico
|
|
Mar 3: |
Prewar Database updated: Cossor
1210 added
NBC prewar remote telecasts
NBC prewar studio telecasting
RCA remotes from airplanes
1935 Farnsworth camera
|
|
Mar 2: |
RCA 1936 television transmitter
RCA 1937 television
studio
W2XCR photo
|
|
Mar 1: |
More
14AP4 pictures
|
|
Feb 29: |
Cossor 54
schematic diagram
|
|
Feb 26: |
Prewar Database updated: HMV 907
added
|
|
Feb 25: |
Prewar Database updated: Cossor
54 added
|
|
Feb 22: |
California Television
Society
|
|
Feb 20: |
More pictures of
Baird airborne television
system
|
|
Feb 19: |
Color Database updated: RCA CTC-4
added
Globe "Midget" TV set ad
RCA TM-21 with Kloss projection system
Max Reinhardt at W6XAO
Eddie Condon jazz group on W2XAB |
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Feb 18: |
Washington Post CT-100 ads
Russian color TV ad - 1952
|
|
Feb 12: |
New acquisition:
Philips prewar experimental
CRT
James O'Neal's article on
the iconoscope and image dissector
|
|
Feb 8: |
Webcast of "The Farnsworth
Invention: What Matters About Fact and Fiction" presented by Dr.
Alexander Magoun available online.
|
|
Feb 7: |
Live webcast of "The Farnsworth
Invention: What Matters About Fact and Fiction" presented by Dr.
Alexander Magoun. Friday, Feb. 8 at 8 pm Eastern Time.
Color Database updated: RCA TM-21
monitor added
|
|
Feb 5: |
Prewar Database updated: German
E1 added
|
|
Feb 4: |
Link to
Eckhard Etzold's site
Mechanical Database updated:
Western Visionette added, European list revised to add several sets
Visiola Brami pictures |
|
Jan 27: |
Mechanical Database updated:
Homemade 24 line set added
Mechanical Database,
Prewar Database and
Color Database changed to show set
in museums and with private collectors
Statistics on number of postwar TV
households updated
|
|
Jan 23: |
More on
Russian Raguda
color set
|
|
Jan 18: |
Color Database updated: 2-RCA
CT-100s added
|
|
Jan 15: |
Color Database updated: RCA Model
5 added
|
|
Jan 13: |
Auction of items from Dave Johnson's
collection at the 2008 Early Television Convention
Prewar Database updated: 2-
Telefunken FE-VI added
|
|
Jan 12: |
Prewar Database updated: Pye 815
added, German E1 removed.
|
|
Jan 9: |
Technician Circuit Digest
article about Col-R-Tel
|
|
Jan 5: |
Marconi VT50 set presently on
Ebay, and advertised as prewar, was made in 1948.
|
|
Dec 28: |
Polychrome field sequential
adapter
Manufacturers information on Marconi
701,
703,
705 and
708
|
|
Dec 27: |
TEC field sequential adapter
Vitascan article
1957 Hoffman Colorcasters
Installing a Color Picture Tube
How They Paint Color TV Pictures
Don't Be Afraid of Color TV
How They Crowd Colors into TV Channels
How Color Television Works
1957 RCA color sets
RCA 1954 color TV symposium
CBS announcement of the first New
York demonstration of color television
1957 Emerson Color TV Receivers
Prewar Database updated: Marconi
703 added
1939 Washington Post article about
RCA picking up the London TV transmitter
1943 Washington Post article
able WPTZ football game broadcast
1944 Washington Post
advertisement for TV programming
|
|
Dec 19: |
Letters from W9XK to a television
experimenter
|
|
Dec 18: |
More on
Remington Rand 1941 Orthicon
camera
Our Pye 817 has a new
CRT. Here is its story.
|
|
Dec 17: |
Color Database updated: CBS 22
inch rectangular added
Pye 817 operating instructions
Pye prewar antennas
NBC 1936 fashion show
|
|
Dec 6: |
Prewar Database updated: Fernseh
A. G. DE-6, 2 - Volkfernseher E1s added
Color Database updated: RCA TM-21
monitor, GE 4TM-15 monitor added
|
|
Dec 3: |
CRT rebuilding plant
coming to the museum - CRT Rebuilding Workshop at the 2008
convention
|
|
Dec 2: |
W8XCT Cincinnati
Postcard showing W6XAO
transmitter - 1941
|
|
Dec 1: |
Snaider brochure
Baird large screen demonstration
1936 Berlin Olympics
|
|
Nov 29: |
CRT rebuilding at the Museum?
Please give us your comments.
|
|
Nov 28: |
Kuba Komets added to rare
surviving postwar set database
Radio & Television News - editorials
on Color TV, 1954
|
|
Nov 27: |
Links to
Chalk Hill
Educational Media, Inc. (early broadcast equipment) and
restoration of a DuMont
Telecruiser mobile van.
|
|
Nov 26: |
RCA 1948 TJ-48 mobile television van to be on display at the
museum in January
|
|
Nov 25: |
Replica CRT masks for
Mororola 7 inch sets available
Color Database updated: Admiral
C322C series added
|
|
Nov 24: |
Mars set wanted
Color Database updated: Crosley
color converter added |
|
Nov 23: |
Newspaper articles about Charles
Jenkins
|
|
Nov 22: |
1947 Washington Post ad for RCA sets
1949 Washington Post ad for Sentinel
set
1949 Washington Post ad for Motorola
sets
1951 Washington Post ad for Colortone
color adapter
RCA spare tube list for the
1939 World's Fair
Schedule of shows televised from
the 1939 World's Fair
RCA CTC-4 magazine ad
|
|
Nov 19: |
Prewar Database updated: RCA
TRK-120, Fernseh A. G. DE-6 added
Telefunken FE-IV brochure
Pictures from W9XK camera and transmitter
Pictures from W9XUI
|
|
Nov 18: |
Prewar Database updated: Meissner
10-1153 added
|
|
Nov 5: |
Admiral Ambassador color
set owners manual
|
|
Nov 3: |
Color Database updated: RCA
CTC4 added
|
|
Oct 25: |
Collectors Weekly - television page
|
|
Oct 20: |
RCA CTC-4 based sets made for other
manufacturers
LaPoint 1952 UHF antenna brochure
Antenna section reorganized
Pathe-Marconi - prewar British set
imported into France
|
|
Oct 16: |
New acquisitions:
Sylvania 21C609 21" color set,
RCA 730TV1
|
|
Oct 15: |
Color Database updated: RCA
21CT55 added
CFT Grid Type Color CRT
|
|
Oct 14: |
Color Database updated: Sylvania
21C609M 21" added
Mechanical Database updated:
Baird Televisor added
|
|
Oct 11: |
Litton Industries Chromatron color
CRT data sheets
|
|
Oct 9: |
Replica TV backs available
RCA RR-366 prewar prototype
technical manual
Wireless sound in prewar TV sets
RCA prewar TV antenna
|
|
Oct 8: |
Westinghouse 19" color set dealer
sheet
Truetone 19" color set ad
Prewar Database updated: Marconi
706 moved from reported to confirmed, Ekco TA201 removed.
First TV commercial on the west
coast?
|
|
Oct 5: |
Presentations for the 2008 Convention
RCA TJ-48 Television Van to be at the
2008 Convention
|
|
Oct 4: |
Monoscope tubes
|
|
Oct 3: |
Union Carbide ad featuring 12AP4
|
|
Oct 2: |
W2XCR
|
|
Sept 30: |
More on
early Russian color TV
More on Russian
Raguda color set, including
technical manual
|
|
Sept 28: |
More on the
Admiral late 40s prototype?
1954 Russian color set (Raguda)
|
|
Sept 27: |
Admiral late 40s prototype?
|
|
Sept 20: |
Mechanical Database updated:
2 - Western Visionettes added
New acquisition:
Saba P 1026 H
Color Database updated: RCA TM21
added
|
|
Sept 8: |
New acquisition:
RCA 9PC41
We are looking for
this Admiral TV set
|
|
Sept 7: |
New acquisition:
RCA TM-21B Color Monitor
|
|
Sept 2: |
More on Baird/Plessey Televisor
|
|
Aug 31: |
Color Database updated: RCA
CT-100, Col-R-Tel added
Postwar Database updated:
several sets added |
|
Aug 21: |
A coal powered TV set? |
|
Aug 15: |
A simple way to
convert your black and white TV to color
Prewar Database updated: Cossor
54 added
Color Database updated: RCA
CT-100 added
|
|
Aug 12: |
More color TV articles from
Technician - Circuit Digests
magazines
|
|
Aug 8: |
Prewar Database updated: RCA
TRK-12 added
Cossor 54 advertising sheet
|
|
Aug 7: |
More on
restoration of GE HM-171
|
|
Aug 6: |
More color TV articles from
Technician - Circuit Digests
magazines - CBS Colortron |
|
Aug 4: |
CBS and Farnsworth prewar
cameras
Hollis Baird mirror drum
RCA one gun developmental
color CRT
Color Database updated: RCA
CT-100 added
More on
restoration of GE HM-171
|
|
Aug 3: |
More on
restoration of GE HM-171
Procedure for
rebuilding soldered type
high voltage capacitors
|
|
Aug 2: |
Restoration of the GE HM-171
recently donated to the museum started
|
|
July 31: |
Color TV articles from
Technician - Circuit Digests
magazines - 1954
|
|
July 30: |
Date set for
2008 Early Television Convention
|
|
July 29: |
Marconi 705, HMV 900, 902 service manual
|
|
July 28: |
Early TV films from the BBC
|
|
July 26: |
More on the
French mechanical set "Visiola Brami"
More on TV at the
1935 Brussels Exhibition
|
|
July 25: |
French mechanical set "Visiola Brami"
Transvision ad
DuMont prewar prototype
|
|
July 24: |
Color Database updated: RCA
21CT55 added
|
|
July 22: |
Thomas Electronics 15GP22 and
Lawrence CRT brochure
|
|
July 17: |
Color Database updated:
Westinghouse H840CK15 added
|
|
July 15: |
Early television networks
RCA New York to Philadelphia
Television Relay
|
|
July 13: |
Online early television
books from the Prelinger Library
ABC-TV at Gore Hill in the Fifties - Australian TV history
|
|
July 11: |
Color Database updated: RCA
CT-100, RCA TM-21 monitor added
|
|
July 8: |
Baird Televisor service manual
|
|
July 2: |
Color Database updated: RCA
CT-100 added
|
|
July 1: |
CRT receiver for 30 line television
|
|
June 30: |
More on
Philips 14TX100 set
How to Build a 441 Line T. R. F.
Television Receiver
|
|
June 22: |
Bush
prewar sets
|
|
June 20: |
Photo of TRK-12s at 1939 World's Fair
Photo of RCA TV antenna on the
Empire State Building, 1931
|
|
June 19: |
Pye 815 Service Notes
Pye 815 Operating Instructions
1940 high school yearbook with TV theme
|
|
June 8: |
Prewar Database updated: Pye 815
added
|
|
June 7: |
Prewar Database updated: RCA TT-5
added
Mechanical Database updated:
Home made with Baird drum assembly added
|
|
June 4: |
Color Database updated: RCA
CT-100 added
|
|
June 1: |
Ad for RCA 621TS
|
|
May 31: |
Color Database updated: Col-R-Tel
100 added
|
|
May 30: |
Color Database updated: RCA
CT-100, CBS Industrial Color Television Monitor Console added
|
|
May 27: |
Color Database updated: CBS 10"
Slave/Companion added
DuMont telephone dial style
wired remote control
Prewar Database updated: Ekco
TA-201 added
Pete Deksnis's report on
the
How Good can a picture be on a 15GP22 project |
|
May 24: |
Visitors can now
turn on and view prewar,
rare postwar and early color sets
Color Database updated: CBS
Personal Viewer added
Postwar Database updated:
several sets added
|
|
May 23: |
Photoshop re-designs of our Teletone TV-209
|
|
May 21: |
Photos from the 2007
convention
|
|
May 19: |
Modern Mechanics 1932 TV
receiver design - a set that would not have worked
|
|
May 16: |
New acquisition: Early channel 3 TV antenna
|
|
May 15: |
New acquisition:
Simpson Chromatic
Amplifier
|
|
May 12: |
Color Database updated: RCA
21CT55 added
|
|
May 9: |
DuMont 15" color monitor
specification sheet
Paper on DuMont Vitascan
Postwar Database updated:
several sets added
Color Database updated: Col-R-Tel
100 added |
|
May 8: |
New acquisition:
Colortone adapter
|
|
May 7: |
Color Database updated: RCA Model
1 removed, RCA Model 5 added
Prewar Database updated: RCA
TRK-120 added
Postwar Database updated: 2 -
DuMont Royal Sovereigns added
|
|
May 2: |
Early Television
Museum to be on the History Channel - Modern Marvels, 60s
Technology. Wednesday, May 16, 9 PM eastern and pacific, 8 PM
central and 7 PM mountain.
|
|
Apr 30: |
New demonstrations at the 2007 Convention: John Folsom's
NTSC "Personal" color wheel
converter, Denis Asseman's working replica General Electric
Octagon, and Darryl Hock's color neon lamp assembly
Color Database updated: RCA Model
1 added
New acquisition: Motorola
stereoscopic slide viewer
|
|
Apr 24: |
A number of
40s, 50s, and 60s sets are
for sale by the Museum of Broadcast and Technology in Huntington, WV
|
|
Apr 23: |
TV stations on the air in 1944
|
|
Apr 20: |
1944 Book "Get Ready Now to Sell Television"
More
W6XAO pictures
|
|
Apr 17: |
More on
Zenith Phonevision
Zenith rectangular CRT color set
Prewar Database updated: HMV 900
and General Electric HM-226 added
Color Database updated: RCA
TM-10A monitor added
|
|
Apr 16: |
Prewar Database updated: Marconi
709 added
Truetone 19" color
Mechanical Database updated:
Home made tri standard added
Color Database updated: Col-R-Tel
100 added
W9XZV Chicago
|
|
Apr 15: |
Ekco-Scophony advertisement
HMV 907 / Marconi 709 Service
Manual
Prewar Database updated:
General Electric HM-171 added
|
|
Apr 14: |
Ad for 1937 Don
Lee kit
U. S. Television T-507 ad
Chicago's first electronic
television |
|
Apr. 9 |
Color Database updated: Col-R-Tel
100, RCA CT-100 added
Prewar Database updated: Cossor
54, Marconi 703 added
|
|
Apr. 7 |
Prewar Database updated: Andrea
1-F-5, Meissner 10-1153 Kit added
|
|
Apr 5: |
Many sets added to
Database of surviving rare postwar
TV sets
Prewar Database updated: Marconi
705 added
New acquisition: United States Television
T-507
Mechanical Database updated:
Western Television model 41 added
Scanning belt receiver
|
|
Apr 3: |
How good can a picture be on a
15GP22?
presentation at the 2007 convention to be on Sunday morning
New:
Database of surviving rare postwar
TV sets. If you have one to add, contact us.
More on
1955 home made color
projection set
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