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Support for the <tt>-ORBHost</tt> and <tt>-ORBPort</tt> has been removed.
The new <tt><a href="../ORBEndpoint.html">-ORBEndpoint</a></tt> option
supersedes them, and provides the same functionality in a protocol-neutral
way. If the deprecated options are used, the ORB exits with a <tt>CORBA::BAD_PARAM</tt>
exception, indicating an unknown <tt>-ORB</tt> option.</li>

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The <tt>-ORBPreconnect</tt> ORB option has been deprecated in favor of
the standard <tt>validate_connection</tt> run-time feature. Suppo