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    “Install it and test it,” Frank said. “Hilda had a PC in her office in the clubhouse. She told Jerry that he could take that into the tool shed and use it to serve up the video. I’m going to go over there in a few minutes and see if it’s set up yet. Shouldn’t take me very long to get this installed and tested. Then I can help you with the packing.”
    “Great. Don’t forget to ask General Walker about the toads.”
    “I won’t,” Frank said. “I’m going to go over there now, with the laptop.”
    “Alright, good luck.” She went over to Frank and kissed his forehead as he was watching the laptop shut down. Then there was a soft knock on their door. Frank got up and looked out the window. It was Jerry. Frank opened the door and let him in.
    “Good morning,” Jerry said. “I got the setup finished in the shed, so we’re ready for your software any time.”
    “Great, I just finished it,” Frank said. “I’ll be ready to go as soon as the laptop shuts down.”
    “Excellent,” Jerry said. “I’ll help you with the testing.”
    “Good,” Frank said. He pulled the power cord for the laptop out of the wall. “Let’s go.”
    “You don’t want another cup of coffee to take with you?” Jane asked.
    “Don’t worry, there’s already coffee going in the clubhouse,” Jerry said.
    The two men walked out the door and made their way over to the shed.
    “Jasmine and I were thinking about something last night,” Jerry said.
    “What’s that?”
    “Our toad. Is Uncle Sam going to replace those too?”
    Frank chuckled. “Yeah, we thought of that too. I’m going to ask the General about that the next time I see him.”
    “Good,” Jerry said. “Hopefully they at least give us some kind of allowance for that. My toad is almost new.”
    “Mine is still in its prime too,” Frank said. “It’s getting a little old, though. Probably isn’t worth more than about ten grand.”
    “Don’t forget the tow bar and plate and auxiliary brakes,” Jerry said. “That set me back over two grand.”
    “Yep,” Frank said. They got to the shed and entered.
    “Well, there it is,” Jerry said. “I fastened everything down. Probably overkill, but we don’t need anybody walking off with parts of it. I wish we had an uninterruptable power supply.”
    “Well, can’t have everything,” Frank said. “We’ll train the Major on how to work this, and how to re-start it if something goes wrong.”
    Frank put his laptop on the work bench and fired it up.
    “What’s the network name of that desktop?” Frank asked.
    “Clubhouse_1”, Jerry said. “Password is the same.”
    “I should have guessed. We’ll have to change that password,” Frank said, laughing. “That’s a pretty new desktop machine. Nice big monitor.”
    “Yeah, ought to do a good job of showing the multi-camera view,” Jerry said. “Nice DVRs too. Hilda’s late husband did his homework. It may be a few years old, but this is a good system.”
    “Wish it was wireless, but oh well.” Frank said. “Okay, I’m in. Uploading the software now. When it gets there, go ahead and pick it up and run it. It’ll have a shortcut on the desktop.”
    “OK,” Jerry said.
    “Should be ready now,” Frank said.
    “Yes, there it is,” Jerry said. He double clicked on the shortcut, and the installation started.
    “Hope there aren’t any bugs, but if there are, at least I’ve got the laptop here.”
    “What’d you write it in?” Jerry asked.
    “C++,” Frank said.
    “Nice. It’s done. I’ll fire it up.”
    The program started up and displayed a viewing window with a menu across the top, and some other tool buttons along the side. The picture from camera number one popped up on the screen. Resolution was good.
    “Yes!!” Jerry said. “Beautiful.”
    “See the button with the arrow going round on it? That’s the cycle button. Push that.”
    Jerry clicked on it, and the program started to cycle through the cameras one at a