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    We have comprehensive IBM Diagnostics Guides relating to IBM's Developer Kits. We have now added a paper describing how to maximize IBM Java memory address space under a 32-bit Windows system, and a Garbage Collection and Storage Allocation Techniques paper that might prove helpful in tuning performance.

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    • A workaround to an accessibility restriction that prevents the selection of discontiguous items from a list using a keyboard. The API restriction causing this problem is resolved in Java 5.0.
    • An RMI-IIOP Programmer's Guide dealing with how to write Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI) programs.
    • A Swing Key Bindings document that describes the default key bindings used in the Metal, Windows, and Motif "look and feels".

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