//obsolete browser variable


var sb=((navigator.appVersion.charAt(0)<4)||((navigator.appName.indexOf('Netscape')<0)&&(navigator.appName.indexOf('Microsoft Internet Explorer')<0)));




/* determines which stylesheet to write based on 

browser/platform combination.  Also sets global

variable bp for browser/platform testing elsewhere. */

function BP() {

  if (sb) {

    this.brow = null;

    this.plat = null;

    return this;


    }


  this.plat = (navigator.platform.indexOf('Mac') > -1) ? 'mac' : 'win';

  if (navigator.appName.indexOf('Microsoft') > -1) {

    this.brow = 'ie'

    if (navigator.platform.indexOf('Mac') > -1 && navigator.appVersion.indexOf('MSIE 5') > -1) {

      this.brow = 'ie5'

      }

    }

  else this.brow = 'ns';

  return this;

  }

bp = new BP();


document.write('<LINK HREF="ssi/css/' + bp.plat + '_' + bp.brow + '.css" REL="styleSheet" TYPE="text/css">');


if (bp.brow == 'ie5') bp.brow ='ie';





//defunct, previously ubiquitous function; dummy version retained to prevent errors.


function startup() {}