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<p><span style="color:#252525">Hello McStas team,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#252525">My name is Alexandre Pinho, and I have been a McStas user since 2018. I'd like to say that I was able to research and make good work using McStas. It's been a very useful tool; however, I'd like to ask you about those components
that became obsolete during the current versions. Mainly those that import sources from MCNP, i.e., PTRAC and RSSA files with components
<a href="https://mcstas.org/download/components/3.4/obsolete/Virtual_mcnp_input.html">
<span style="color:#252525">Virtual_mcnp_input and Virtual_mcnp_ss_input, </span>
</a>respectively. Why are they obsolete in those new versions? In addition, I have tried to download and use version 2.5, but it's not functioning. Is part of the installation package unavailable or something? Thanks a lot for your attention!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#252525">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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| O: 208-533-8884 </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">| C: 208-607-1391</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></i></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Idaho National Laboratory | </span><span style="color:black">1955 Fremont Ave. | Idaho Falls, ID | 83415</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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