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+oc-basecontrol
+==============
+
+oc-basecontrol is a OpenComputers generic base control library.
+
+## Documentation ##
+
+Load oc-basecontrol into your application:
+```lua
+bc = require("bc"):init("<master-address>")
+```
+where `<master-address>` is the address of you networks master.
+The master is only required to download the base structure file.