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+<!--- If you find problems or have suggestions relating to any simulator or the simh package as a whole, this is the right place to describe the problem you're having or the suggestion you wish to make: -->
+<!--- NOTE: Anything between the comment delimiters that start and end this line are merely instructions to you.  They will not be visible when the issue is created.  You may remove these comments as you enter information here -->
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+<!--- Please provide the following details: -->
+<!--- Provide a general summary of the issue in the Title above -->
+- #### Context
+<!--- Provide a more detailed introduction to the issue itself, and why you consider it to be a bug or why the suggested change or enhancement would be useful -->
+
+- #### the output of "sim> SHOW VERSION" while running the simulator which is having the issue
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+- #### how you built the simulator or that you're using prebuilt binaries
+<!--- This should include the output produced by while building the simulator -->
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+- #### the simulator configuration file (or commands) which were used when the problem occurred.
+<!--- The simulator configuration file, and any other relatively small files can be attached to this issue now or after it is created -->
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+- #### the expected behavior and the actual behavior
+
+- #### you may also need to provide specific pointers to data files that may be necessary to demonstrate the problem