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+ttyload releases
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+
+This branch is the "official" releases of ttyload.  See the 'master'
+branch for the main content.  In theory, you should also be able to
+re-generate each one of these by using the `exportit` script on the
+master branch, adjusting the `Version` file to match the version you
+want.  Still, I thought I'd archive them here.
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