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    55This is the development and support home for ACPI Project.
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    7 The ACPI Project is an ACPI based Platform Specific Driver (PSD) and related files and programs. This project produces 5 files and a toolkit for program development:
     7The software in this project is not ACPI. The ACPI is supplied by your computer's vendor in the BIOS. The software in this project is a Platform Specific Driver (PSD) and related files and programs that use the ACPI in your computer's BIOS to configure and operate your computer.
     8This project produces 5 files and a toolkit for program development:
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    9  * ACPI.PSD - the Platform Specific Driver that sets up and controls the hardware, and also implements the ACPI Component Archetecture.  This is the main component of the ACPI project.  ACPI.PSD normally goes in \OS2\BOOT.
     10 * ACPI.PSD - the Platform Specific Driver that sets up and controls the hardware, and also implements the ACPI Component Architecture which is the interface to your computer's ACPI.  This is the main component of the ACPI project.  ACPI.PSD normally goes in \OS2\BOOT.
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    1112 * ACPI32.DLL - The interface between ACPI.PSD and other programs (like !AcpiDaemon.exe) so that they can use the ACPI functions in the PSD.  This DLL is not required for proper operation of ACPI.PSD, but most programs will not be able to use any ACPI services if you do not install it. ACPI32.DLL normally goes in \OS2\DLL.