Preface

Typography conventions:
Major topic areas will be presented in Bold Underline.
Meridian's responses will be presented in italic.
Where I (JK) have added information, it is presented in Bold Italic.

What follows is verbatim from Meridian's return, edited only for the above typographic conventions and in a few spots, for the sequence of text so that M's comments in full are continuous and my comments appear as anciallary information.

Surround Music Fan/Computer Geek/Curmudgeon in training.
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