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 ] AUTHOR:            ]                             ] DR:              ]
 ] J. SOLLINGER       ]    PASS PROGRAM NOTE        ]     37504        ]
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 ] ORG/PHONE:         ] OPS NOTE ( )  USER NOTE (X) ] DATE:            ]
 ] VER/282-8461       ]      RELEASE NOTE( )        ] AUG. 1987        ]
 ]____________________]_____________________________]__________________]
 ] OI/FLIGHT EFFECTIVITY:        ]  USER AFFECTED:                     ]
 ] REL 19 AND SUBS               ]  CREW (X)  GROUND (X)  DUMP ONLY ( )]
 ]_______________________________]_____________________________________]
 ]        MAJOR SOFTWARE AREA:       ] OPS MODES AFFECTED:             ]
 ]SSW (X)  GNC ( )  VU ( )  SM/PL ( )] G2, G8, G9, S2, S4, PL9         ]
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 ] SOFTWARE SUB-AREA: SPEC                                             ]
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 ] PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS: STIM                                           ]
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 ] TITLE:                                                              ]
 ] TM, SPEC 002, UPDATING THE SIGN FOR: GMT DELTA, MET DELTA, SET, CRT ]
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 ] DESCRIPTION:                                                        ]
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 ] THE SIGN ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOWEST NUMBERED, NONZERO ITEM ENTERED  ]
 ] IS USED AS THE SIGN OF THE ENTIRE FIELD (ITEMS 9-11, 20-22, 24-27,  ]
 ] OR 28-31) ON SPEC 2.  SINCE THERE IS NO INTERNAL REPRESENTATION     ]
 ] FOR NEGATIVE ZERO, ZERO ENTRIES MUST BE DISREGARDED AS ITEM ENTRIES ]
 ] DETERMINING THE SIGN OF THE DELTA UPDATE.                           ]
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 ] USER RESPONSE:                                                      ]
 ]                                                                     ]
 ] THE USER SHOULD PUT THE SIGN WITH THE FIRST NON-ZERO ENTRY (PLUS    ]
 ] OR MINUS), OR HE SHOULD NOT USE ZERO AS THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF    ]
 ] ENTRIES TO THE ABOVE ITEMS.                                         ]
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 ]CONCURRENCE:                           ]APPROVAL:                    ]
 ]IBM: WYATT COOPER         DATE 8/4/88  ]                             ]
 ]    --------------------      ---------]                             ]
 ]SSD: SAM ANKNEY           DATE 8/10/88 ]                             ]
 ]    --------------------      ---------] JACK BOYKIN         8/17/88 ]
 ]PF MGR: MICHAEL BRIEDEN   DATE 8/8/88  ]------------------- -------- ]
 ]       -----------------      ---------] CHAIRMAN, SASCB      DATE   ]
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