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Proudly Presents
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ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
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º Diablo (c) Blizzard Entertainment º
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ÇÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄĶ
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º Cracked by ³ Cyber ³ Release date ³ Jan. 13th, 1997 º
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º Stripped by ³ Cyber ³ Protection ³ Numerous CD-checks, º
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º Supplied by ³ MindBender ³ ³ MPQ-encryption º
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º Packaged by ³ Cyber & HOSON ³ Game type ³ Arcade / RPG º
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º Playtesting ³ Cyber & HOSON ³ Size ³ 50 x 2.88 º
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ÇÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄĶ
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º Min. Req's ³ Pentium 60+, 8MB RAM (16MB for network play), Windows 95 with º
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º ³ DirectX 2.0+ installed. º
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ÇÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄĶ
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º º
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º RELEASE INFO: º
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º ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ º
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º First of all, this release is intended for the vast amount of gameplayers º
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º out there and our own FTP sites. We don't recommend you to get this game º
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º through a modem connection, but we know there are hundreds of people out º
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º there with fast internet access who will download this game without hesi- º
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º tating. We are aware of the fact that we are way over our heads putting º
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º this release out, but then again, as previously stated, it's not intended º
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º for the "inner" core of the elite "scene", but rather for the folks out º
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º there who will enjoy playing this game. Quality software deserves to be º
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º distributed, thus making the world a happier place to live in! :) º
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º º
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º Diablo is modeled to be a role-playing game, focusing heavily on adventure º
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º and real-time action. The atmosphere is reminiscent of the Dungeons and º
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º Dragons RPG, providing a large dose of dungeon-romping spiced up with º
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º magic, traps, and, of course, plenty of monsters. Intricate NPC (Non- º
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º Player Character) interaction is also present, along with complete multi- º
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º player support should the action elements ever become tiresome. Overall, º
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º Diablo is designed to breathe life into the faltering computer RPG market º
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º as a fresh and innovative game. º
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º º
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º The graphics and animation are stunning, providing a sense of realism º
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º never found before in an RPG. The programming is top-notch, it's even º
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º quite smooth on a 486DX2-80, considering it uses DirectX. º
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º º
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º We have tested the game with both modem and battle.net connection, just º
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º to ensure 100% functionality. º
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º º
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º Special thanks to DEAD IMAGE and LE VEY for helpin out with the original º
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º so that we had the chance to play-test before release. º
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º º
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º Also many thanks to OKKU@CHALMERS for programming the Hybrid Win 95 "intro"º
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º (which uses DirectX BTW!!) º
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º º
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º STRIPPING AND CRACKING INFO: º
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º ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ º
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º From the journals of Cyber, º
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º º
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º DIABLO - A TALE OF BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS º
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º (Cyber's cracking notes) º
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º º
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º The first thing I had to do was to remove the CD-check, a simple 5 min job º
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º (although I admit I was a bit puzzled at first - this is my first win95 º
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º crack) º
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º º
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º Then began the work of ripping out data, and this was the tricky part. º
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º What I had to work with in the beginning was a 506-meg data file which was º
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º not in any format I had ever seen before, but due to the fact that all º
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º Windows DLLs must export the names of their functions, I was soon able to º
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º locate the open- and readroutines. After a whole lot of fiddling I had º
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º figured out the file format, and the decryptionroutines used. Yes, almost º
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º all data was encrypted, but not all of it was compressed. The WAVs were º
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º just scrambled so that they couldn't be compressed with ARJ etc. I º
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º decrypted all WAVs using my homemade MPQ-manipulator. It made little sense º
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º to decrypt the compressed files, since that probably wouldn't have made theº
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º data file any smaller anyway. As I'm sure you all understand, something hadº
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º to go from the data file. The first files I removed were the animations º
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º (intro, Blizzard's logo, ending, etc) but believe me - I've seen them all º
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º and you're not missing much. Next came the WAVs I thought one could do º
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º without. These unfortunately include the very mood-enhancing background º
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º tunes. It's a shame they had to be removed, but hey - they were 12 megs º
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º each, and there were quite a few of them. Next I removed all speech (it º
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º showed up as text) and the characters' comments. The file was still º
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º around 150 megs. I began to realize that this game would never fit onto º
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º 50 disks, it even seemed unlikely that it would take under 65. Even when º
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º all possible sorts of data was removed (no sound at all, no loading- º
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º pictures, no background gfx, etc) it still took about 75 disks. So why º
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º didn't I remove all those files and make a sound add-on? Well, there are º
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º two major reasons: º
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º º
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º 1) The data file doesn't store the names of its files, it just stores a º
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º table of values who are the results of a hashing algorithm applied to the º
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º filenames. Because of this you can't explicitly say what a file is called, º
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º even if you know where it begins and ends. You can draw some conclusions º
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º from the file flags (encrypted and/or packed), but the only real source of º
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º information is what the fileopen routine is called with. This meant that º
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º throwing away what appeared to be unused file entries seemed like a º
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º dangerous action - you never know, maybe those files are used later in the º
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º game. The filenames could be composed in the exe, or encrypted, or hidden, º
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º or whatever. I only removed files when I was sure of their contents and º
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º purpose. If Blizzard put in dummy files who are never actually used, they º
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º sure fooled me. º
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º º
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º 2) Since the game would never make the 50 disk limit, it made no sense to º
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º butcher it when you could release a fully enjoyable <100 disk version. I º
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º still removed all sorts of speech, though (100 disks was sort of a 'magic' º
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º limit). The sounds the monsters make were thus taken out (e.g. The Butcher º
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º on level 2 said 'more meat for my axe' or something like that), but the º
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º other effects were left in the game. º
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º º
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º Then we tried to play the game over the Internet. But we failed! The game º
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º just came up with some BS about being unable to register the current º
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º version. Hmmm... After a few scratches in the back of my head and some º
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º practical experiments I came to the conclusion that something somewhere º
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º checked if the EXE and the DLLs were altered. I did what I could to locate º
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º it but the boys at Blizzard had been veeery sneaky indeed: the check º
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º routines were in a DLL which was hidden in an encrypted file which was º
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º hidden somewhere in another file. Very stealthy! I managed to relocate º
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º these routines and alter them, but the guys who came up with this º
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º protection deserve a pat on the back. My hat's off to you, guys! º
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º º
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º So this is it. A game to big to be spread, but fully enjoyable and º
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º playable. Enjoy! º
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º º
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º Your friend, º
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º º
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º Cyber/HYBRID º
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º º
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º INSTALLATION GUIDE: º
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º ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ º
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º º
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º Unzip the files and run INSTALL.EXE. Then just type 'DIABLO'. º
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º We apologize for the use of a DOS installer, but our Windows version º
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º isn't ready yet. º
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º NOTE that you NEED DirectX 2+ installed on your system and that product º
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º isn't supplied with this game (not on the rip, anyway). º
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º º
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º HYBRID NEWS & EVENTS: º
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º ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ º
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º WITHDRAWAL º
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º Animal, Dogfriend and Drake has left Hybrid, and are now proud members of º
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º Class. We wish them good luck! º
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º º
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º GREETINGS: º
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º ~~~~~~~~~~~~ º
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º Razor 1911, Prestige, Class, and Reflux. º
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º º
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º MindBender, Dead Image, Replicator, Manhunter, Mad Turnip, Shadow Master, º
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º Angel Face, Animal, Dogfriend, Zimpzon, Phandral, TWK/ATX, Steel Pulse, º
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º Rygar, Le Vey, Netra and everyone at Blizzard! º
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º º
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º º
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º Official Hybrid Membership º
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º ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ º
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º HOSON º
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º º
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º Agony, Angel Face, Cyber, Eci, Golomufu, Grifter, Hot Tuna, Id Mud, º
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º Jammer, Le Vey, MindBender, Mad Turnip, Mr.Terry, Netra, º
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º Phoenix, Replicator, Teacher, and Violator. º
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º The Official Hybrid couriers º
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º ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ º
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º Netcoordinator: AGONY º
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º º
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º Fronthead, Hurricane, and Nine. º
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º Axxxxxx Lxxxxx...............[ftp]......................WHQ º
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º Sxxxxxx Dxxx.................[ftp]......................EHQ º
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º Avatar.......................[ftp]......................HQ º
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º Red Dwarf-X..................[ftp]......................HQ º
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º How to get in touch with us: º
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º ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ º
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º http//:www.hybreed.com º
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Today's wise quote:
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"WE are THE BEST."
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