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<center><b><font size=+4>Merry Christmas</font></b>
<p>this was the 1997 model
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<p>A new solution to a pressing problem: what to do with all those worthless
CDs from our friends at AOL, Microsoft et. al. We all regret the shift
from Recyclable floppy disks to otherwise-useless CDROMs. Useless until
now.. And thanks to our friends at AOL, I'm sure next year's tree will
be even better!
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<td WIDTH="50%">Under the hood; click on the thumbnail to get the closeup
view of the front. (The back is all tape and wires, definitely not fit
to view.)</td>
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<p>Thanks to Joy Gaylord, Dan Gaylord and Steve Gray for contributing raw
material, and to <a href="http://www.isi.edu/~rrs/">Rick Shiffman</a> for
supplying the geek cam.
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