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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: -->
+<!--- 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: -->
+<!--- Folks with general questions about the USAGE of simh simulators  -->
+<!--- should start at http://simh.trailing-edge.com and once you've  -->
+<!--- exhausted that, you some general google searches may be useful,  -->
+<!--- and then asking on the simh mailing list. -->
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