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+2001-08-13  Michael Bayne  <mdb@bering>
+
+	* various: Added a better user interface for displaying
+	visualizations on the screen rather than printing them.
+
+* Release 1.0
+
+2001-08-12  Michael Bayne  <mdb@bering>
+
+	* various: Initial release.
+
+$Id: NEWS,v 1.1 2001/08/14 01:15:02 mdb Exp $