PROTOCOL: ALT COMPRESSION: NONE CONNECT 2400/ARQ CBBS(R) 4.0.3b 02/27/93 22:41:09 Y/N: want CBBS "1st time user" info?^U ?^U ?^U ?n;ward;christensen;odraw;;fullc;piss Logging name to disk... You are caller 229014; next msg =46111; 382 active msgs. Prev. call 02/20/93 @ 22:49, next msg was 46094 Recording logon for next time. Use FULL? to check assignments ?^U ?xxxxx "Mine" command checking for msgs TO you, ^K to a >Function:?dir c:log;dir c:killed;dir summary;type-20 log,ward c;or;*;short LOG. 8 KILLED. 7 SUMMARY. 25 46105 02/25/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => MICHAEL SHARTIAG: "R/CARPAL TUNNEL?" 46106 02/25/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => DONNIE STUHLMAN: "R/HELLO FROM FLA." 46107 02/25/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => TRACI WEISTER: "CHAT? NOT!" 46108 02/25/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => PAUL CAINKAR: "R/BBS FOR?" 46109 02/25/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => ALL: "DAT DRIVES?" 46110 02/27/93 RUSSELL STEVENS => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "CBBS IN C" - End as a VERY light touch ergonomic keyboard, etc? Thanks! Msg 46095 is 06 line(s) on 02/21/93 from TONY ANTONUCCI to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: COMM ROUTINES I would be happy to "donate" my interrupt comm routines for a CBBS rewrite. But, these are not for the general public, as is CBBS source I assume. There is a nifty program will will shell to DOS and watch for a line drop. I'll have to scratch my head and search the disks for it. umm, I remember, Its called REMDOOR, or remote dos door. I have a copy if you want it. Msg 46096 is 09 line(s) on 02/21/93 from MICHAEL SHARTIAG to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/CARPAL TUNNEL? Ward, First get yourself wrist braces. They work to immobilize the wrist to arm, but still allow limited use of the fingers. Second thing to do is ent through the entire nerve testing, etc, ordeal) It also couTED controller needed by construction equipment firm in tampa, fl. beginning salary 30k. should have college degree in accounting or business, 3-5 years experience as bookkeeper, accountg baby so will have to read the previous message again after I log off. Some of the message file part that is. (Sorry, just not Nearly as knowledgeable as eve Msg 46100 is 10 line(s) on 02/22/93 from TRACI WEISTER to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/(CONT'D) I had the same problem with the I can't remember having written anything . Again Cya - Traci Msg 46101 is 01 line(s) on 02/24/93 from PAUL CAINKAR toLKERSON to ALL re: COMMUNICATION WITH HAMS OPER would like to comm w/hams using 2meters Msg 46103 is 06 line(s) on 02/25/m away from my machine now so I don't have my directlry of names etc. Chuck is on Portland Oregon if you want to (gasp) try a restart it (heh). I'll see what else I find and keep you in mind for REMDOOR. Msg 46105 is 07 line(s) on 02/25/93 from WARDhich is where I got "tennis elbow", but in my RIGHT arm, not left like this. Guess I really should quit screwing around and s8 was to me, but started "hello, Ed". Msg 46107 is 10 line(s) on 02/25/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to TRACI WEISTER re: CHAT? NOT! CBBS was done by two people - Randy Suess did the hardware, I did the software. It runs at Randy's house, 40 miles froml-in Unix system), a chat would only be for HIM, and not for ME - and 99 of 100 chats were for ME, and I'm 40 miles away. SO, the help on "chat" does sound kind of discouraging, intentionally (grin). P.S. no, I haven't been on "PC addicts Conference". I don't know what that that is - I have WAY too many systems I call as it is - CBBS, Randy's chinet, Compuserve, BIX, America Online. Msg 46108 is 03 line(s) on 02/25/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to PAUL CAINKAR re: R/BBS FOR? Try the "B" command - the bulletin tells you what this BBS is for. What it is "about" is "history". This is the worlds first BBS. 15+ years old. Msg 46109 is 03 line(s) on 02/25/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to ALL re: DAT DRIVES? Anyone have any experience with 4mm dat drives? Like the Archive Python? I'm looking into one. I have 520M, and an old used 60M tape drive just makes it too much of a pain backing up! Msg 46110 is 09 line(s) on 02/27/93 from RUSSELL STEVENS to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: CBBS IN C Ward, I use an interrupt driven assembler comm routine that maintains a buffer of any size. You could call my routine and get a character back and a status code indicating if a framing error occurred or not. If the buffer were empty, the status code would indicate that no character was available. The wait function would be contained in the calling routine. If you're interested, you ca 02/27/93 22:43:59 Connect time 2 minutes ..Please continue, WARD PROTOCOL: ALT COMPRESSION: NONE CONNECT 2400/ARQ CBBS(R) 4.0.3b 02/27/93 22:45:32 Welcome updated 09/12/92; CBBS(R)/Chicago (312) 545-8086 YOU CAN SKIP TO LOGON by hitting ctl-K - view WELCOME later with W command! ** WELCOME TO WARD AND RANDY'S CBBS(R) ** (COMPUTERIZED BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM (R)) ** (In operation since 2/16/78 except for a few "outages"...) (Therefore, the worlds first, and oldest micro based BBS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ CBBS is a MESSAGE-ONLY system catering to advanced hobbyists Y/N: want CBBS "1st time user" info? Y/N: want CBBS "1st time user" info?^U ?^U ?^U ?ward;christensen;odraw;;fullc;piss ++LINE > 9 LONG - truncated, return to ACCEPT, ^U to RE-ENTER: CHRISTENS PROTOCOL: ALT COMPRESSION: NONE CONNECT 2400/ARQ CBBS(R) 4.0.3b 02/27/93 22:46:45 ++LINE > 9 LONG - truncated, return to ACCEPT, ^U to RE-ENTER: CHRISTENS^U ?^U ?^U ?^U ?n;ward;christensen;odraw;;fullc;piss Logging name to disk... You are caller 229015; next msg =46111; 382 active msgs. Prev. call 02/27/93 @ 22:41, next msg was 46111 Recording logon for next time. Use FULL? to check assignments ?^U ?xxxxx "Mine" command checking for msgs TO you, ^K to a >Function:?dir c:log;dir c:killed;dir summary;type-20 log,ward c;or;*;short LOG. 8 KILLED. 7 SUMMARY. 25 ARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#46088, E#46089, E#46090,7 02/20/93,08:36:46,228933,2,MURRAY ARNOW,,9 02/20/93,13:02:01,228934,1,DAN KUPER,, 02/20/93,13:23:50,228935,1,BOB SULLIVAN,,4 02/20/93,14:19:43,228936,2,DAVID JOHNSON,,7 02/20/93,16:02:37,228937,2,MICHAEL CAIN,, E#46091,13 02/20/93,21:41:39,228938,2,WILLIAM MCQUEEN,,2 02/20/93,21:44:58,228939,2,WILLIAM MCQUEEN,, 02/20/93,21:48:43,228940,2,BERNARD GOLDLUST,,2 02/20/93,22:20:47,228941,2,TOBY LUCAS,, 02/20/93,22:40:16,228942,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#46092, 02/20/93,22:44:51,228943,X,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#46093, 02/20/93,22:49:34,228944,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#46094,1 02/20/93,23:06:44,228945,2,VINNIE GONCALVES,MARLBORO/ MA,3 02/20/93,23:21:24,228946,2,MICHAEL CAIN,,5 02/21/93,10:09:54,228947,2,ALEX ZELL,, 02/21/93,10:54:06,228948,2,HERB MARTELLO,Whiteford/ MD,3 02/21/93,16:52:16,228949,2,LYNN ANDERSON,,3 02/21/93,19:33:08,228950,2,JAMES SCHMIDT,,3 02/21/93,20:40:24,228951,2,BENJAMIN COHEN,,9 02/21/93,21:28:50,228952,2,TONY ANTONUCCI,, E#46095,9 02/21/93,23:24:52,228953,2,ROY LIPSCOMB,,4 02/21/93,23:35:49,228954,2,MICHAEL SHARTIAG,, E#46096,7 02/21/93,23:54:54,228955,1,NORB DEMBINSKI,,6 02/22/93,00:21:48,228956,2,BRIAN WYLAND,,3 02/22/93,04:03:09,228957,2,DONALD DISIER,CHICAGO/ IL, E#46097,11 02/22/93,08:47:14,228958,2,DENNIS STAHL,,3 02/22/93,09:07:06,228959,2,LARRY GLASSMAN,,3 02/22/93,11:07:23,228960,2,AS GH,,4 02/22/93,13:44:27,228961,2,DENNIS STAHL,,0 02/22/93,15:47:19,228962,2,DONNIE STUHLMAN,, E#46098,7 02/22/93,19:46:43,228963,2,TRACI WEISTER,, E#46099, E#46100,18 02/22/93,23:02:58,228964,2,CHRIS STREIT,,1 02/23/93,01:38:56,228965,2,STEVE FARMILANT,,1 02/23/93,02:21:00,228966,2,ROY LIPSCOMB,,2 02/23/93,05:27:01,228967,2,DONALD DISIER,,1 02/23/93,08:36:55,228968,2,DENNIS STAHL,,2 02/23/93,10:08:46,228969,2,ALEX ZELL,, 02/23/93,13:20:21,228970,2,TONY ANTONUCCI,,6 02/23/93,16:13:48,228971,2,DENNIS STAHL,,0 02/23/93,19:35:07,228972,2,DONALD DISIER,,1 02/23/93,20:30:14,228973,2,MICHAEL CAIN,,5 02/23/93,22:19:29,228974,2,BERNARD GOLDLUST,,4 02/23/93,23:41:00,228975,2,NORB DEMBINSKI,,2 02/24/93,11:45:35,228976,2,PETE JONES,,2 02/24/93,11:57:39,228977,2,STEVE AIDIKONIS,,3 02/24/93,12:02:33,228978,2,DENNIS STAHL,,0 02/24/93,14:27:25,228979,2,LARRY GLASSMAN,,1 02/24/93,15:04:51,228980,2,DENNIS STAHL,,0 02/24/93,20:23:47,228981,2,PAUL CAINKAR,burr ridge ill, >Help: ], E#46101,7 ]EWQQEWDDEOWAIHUEDFWASOIRH;JIEFOW;AQSHJOIEWFAQ;HOEWI;AQWEOAHIQOWIFAEJQOJIWEFIOJ HOW DO YOU GET OUT OF PAUL CAINKAR, 02/24/93,21:44:58,228982,1,JAMES CURRY,,2 02/24/93,21:46:51,228983,1,JAMES CURRY,,2 02/24/93,22:06:26,228984,1,CARL HUBER,aurora colorado,10 ]Have been trying to locate the newest DOCS on the XMODEM protocols. The version I have includes checksum/CRC and a few things on WXMODEM, windowed modem, ZMODEM and YMODEM - but it does not give any protocol procedures for these or for BATCH operations (multiple file transfers under automatic control). I HATE calling long distance to ask about this, but have no other choice because my new protocol procedures can't be completed until I know what already exists (to include them too). BTW, I also have a valid 6502 assembly code (under 128 bytes) that generates both a checksum and CRC for any packet-length. Also, in the docs I have, it lists the prime number for CRC as 69,665 which is not prime, but 69,661 or 69,667 are - are my docs in error or was the prime incorrectly chosen? Please help me to get the latest list of the docs, or tell me where I can get them -- thanks. CARL HUBER, 02/24/93,23:35:57,228985,2,STEVE CASTLE,,2 02/25/93,00:03:18,228986,2,STEVE CASTLE,,0 02/25/93,00:23:22,228987,3,JOHN WILKERSON,, E#46102,21 02/25/93,01:06:59,228988,2,BILL MATTSON,,1 02/25/93,08:35:57,228989,1,TERRENCE FOLEY,Chicago/ IL,2 02/25/93,08:41:58,228990,2,GERALD PINE,,4 02/25/93,11:32:17,228991,2,ALEX ZELL,,3 02/25/93,12:06:59,228992,2,GARY ELFRING,,2 02/25/93,13:24:15,228993,3,ALLEN NELSON,,5 02/25/93,13:28:53,228994,2,LYNN ANDERSON,,1 02/25/93,13:48:25,228995,3,AL NELSON,,4 02/25/93,14:09:53,228996,2,ANDY SHAPIRO,,5 02/25/93,15:23:09,228997,2,DENNIS STAHL,,1 02/25/93,18:02:39,228998,1,MANUEL GONZALEZ,,2 ]G +++0 MANUEL GONZALEZ, 02/25/93,18:23:30,228999,2,DON PIVEN,, >Help: Y,2 02/25/93,22:22:16,229000,1,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#46103, E#46104, E#46105, E#46106, 02/25/93,22:37:42,229001,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#46107, E#46108, E#46109,8 02/26/93,00:09:05,229002,2,WALTER SIMMS,oak park,9 02/26/93,21:38:21,229003,2,NORB DEMBINSKI,,3 02/26/93,23:34:19,229004,1,ALL TEPER,, 02/27/93,00:50:37,229005,3,JOHN WILKERSON,,2 02/27/93,03:18:00,229006,2,DON DILLARD,Justice/ Il,4 ]DON DILLARD, 02/27/93,08:01:45,229007,1,BOB SULLIVAN,,2 02/27/93,11:13:43,229008,2,ANDY SHAPIRO,,2 02/27/93,14:32:11,229009,2,DAVID JOHNSON,,7 02/27/93,16:54:57,229010,2,LOU NICHOLS,Chicago,6 02/27/93,18:45:11,229011,2,RUSSELL STEVENS,Chicago/ Illinois, E#46110,6 02/27/93,21:12:55,229012,2,MURRAY ARNOW,,4 02/27/93,22:35:10,229013,2,GERALD PINE,,3 02/27/93,22:41:14,229014,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, 02/27/93,22:46:49,229015,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, >Function:?or;46091 46091 02/20/93 MICHAEL CAIN => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "R/SEATTLE" 46092 02/20/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => MICHAEL CAIN: "R/SEATTLE" 46093 02/20/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => ALL: "C COMM ROUTINES" 46094 02/20/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => ALL: "CARPAL TUNNEL?" 46095 02/21/93 TONY ANTONUCCI => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "COMM ROUTINES" 46096 02/21/93 MICHAEL SHARTIAG => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "R/CARPAL TUNNEL?" 46097 02/22/93 DONALD DISIER => ALL: "CONTROLLER WANTED" 46098 02/22/93 DONNIE STUHLMAN => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "R/HELLO FROM FLA." 46099 02/22/93 TRACI WEISTER => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "R/TERM PAPER" 46100 02/22/93 TRACI WEISTER => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "R/(CONT'D)" 46101 02/24/93 PAUL CAINKAR => ALL: "BBS FOR?" 46102 02/25/93 JOHN WILKERSON => ALL: "COMMUNICATION WITH HAMS OPER" 46103 02/25/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => CARL HUBER: "PROTOCOL DOCS" 46104 02/25/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => TONY ANTONUCCI: "R/COMM ROUTINES" 46105 02/25/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => MICHAEL SHARTIAG: "R/CARPAL TUNNEL?" 46106 02/25/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => DONNIE STUHLMAN: "R/HELLO FROM FLA." 46107 02/25/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => TRACI WEISTER: "CHAT? NOT!" 46108 02/25/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => PAUL CAINKAR: "R/BBS FOR?" 46109 02/25/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => ALL: "DAT DRIVES?" 46110 02/27/93 RUSSELL STEVENS => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "CBBS IN C" ---- End of summary ---- Retrieving flagged msgs: C skips, K aborts. Msg 46091 is 04 line(s) on 02/20/93 from MICHAEL CAIN to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/SEATTLE Yes, Ward, I am the other one, from Compuserve, thank goodness! I sure don't blame you for being PO'd, though. Do you know what PO'd means? I was wondering if you noticed the posts in IBMHW by Jeff de Pappa on the Carpal Tunnel problem? Msg 46092 is 02 line(s) on 02/20/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to MICHAEL CAIN re: R/SEATTLE No, I didn't see the notes from Jeff de Pappa...only a note about CBBS. I'll check it out. (It is bothering me particularly strongly tonight). Msg 46093 is 11 line(s) on 02/20/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to ALL re: C COMM ROUTINES If CBBS is going to survive many more significant outages, it will be necessary to re-write it in "C" for portability, getting away from the 8080 emulating V20 environment. I write in old Turbo C 2.0. Any recommendations for an interrupt driven comm routine (or assembler callable routine) that I could use? Also, I have a real kludge for going to DOS to do file maintenance - consisting of a bat file, with a password routine, and a CTTY COM1 for remote access. It works "fine", but I'm sure there could be something less kludgy. I am NOT looking for anything "complete" (i.e. a whole new BBS system) etc. Thanks for any ideas! Msg 46094 is 03 line(s) on 02/20/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to ALL re: CARPAL TUNNEL? I've got it quite bad - sore wrist, slight numbness in left 2 fingers of left hand, pains in back of hand, etc. Any suggestions for hardware, such as a VERY light touch ergonomic keyboard, etc? Thanks! Msg 46095 is 06 line(s) on 02/21/93 from TONY ANTONUCCI to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: COMM ROUTINES I would be happy to "donate" my interrupt comm routines for a CBBS rewrite. But, these are not for the general public, as is CBBS source I assume. There is a nifty program will will shell to DOS and watch for a line drop. I'll have to scratch my head and search the disks for it. umm, I remember, Its called REMDOOR, or remote dos door. I have a copy if you want it. Msg 46096 is 09 line(s) on 02/21/93 from MICHAEL SHARTIAG to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/CARPAL TUNNEL? Ward, First get yourself wrist braces. They work to immobilize the wrist to arm, but still allow limited use of the fingers. Second thing to do is make sure you have an ergonomic work area, and also get an adjust- able wrist support for your wrists while typing. Your doctor can also prescribe some anti-inflamitory type drugs to help (these were my observations from last year when my secretary got it and went through the entire nerve testing, etc, ordeal) It also could be tendonidice (sp?) Msg 46097 is 10 line(s) on 02/22/93 from DONALD DISIER to ALL re: CONTROLLER WANTED controller needed by construction equipment firm in tampa, fl. beginning salary 30k. should have college degree in accounting or business, 3-5 years experience as bookkeeper, accountant in equipment firm self starter with little or no supervision, non-smoker preferred (a smoke free environment) and must pass drug test. willing to work extra hours to complete a project. supervize department. please call 509-8149 leave message for don or send resume to don dizer, 3023 n. clark #141, chicago il 60657 thanks Msg 46098 is 05 line(s) on 02/22/93 from DONNIE STUHLMAN to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/HELLO FROM FLA. Hello Ed, How's Florida? I'm now wokring at the Illinois Student Assistance Com. We just moved to a new building with state of the art communication connections. Were on Lake Cook next to the tollway. No one here is on the trailing edge. Msg 46099 is 12 line(s) on 02/22/93 from TRACI WEISTER to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/TERM PAPER I'm still a computing baby so will have to read the previous message again after I log off. Some of the message file part that is. (Sorry, just not Nearly as knowledgeable as everyone else here I bet.) Anyway, thanks for taking the time to explain and post the history! Do you ever jump on the PC Addicts conference? I'm gonna havta brag that I called here and that you even ANSWER a lowly prole . I don't think the syntax sucks. It's nice to do all of that at once! Okay, well, I'm outa here, thanks again Ward. TTYL - Traci Msg 46100 is 10 line(s) on 02/22/93 from TRACI WEISTER to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/(CONT'D) I had the same problem with the 1200 baud a few days ago. Tried to connect about 5 times and then gave it up for the day. It sounds like you still get to tweak the system alot. How long would it take to convert it to C? BTW, I like your "reasons to chat"! Although I like an online chat once in awhile, it seems to end up being 2 hours long, and similar to chinese food - I can't remember having written anything . Again Cya - Traci Msg 46101 is 01 line(s) on 02/24/93 from PAUL CAINKAR to ALL re: BBS FOR? What is this bbs for? Msg 46102 is 01 line(s) on 02/25/93 from JOHN WILKERSON to ALL re: COMMUNICATION WITH HAMS OPER would like to comm w/hams using 2meters Msg 46103 is 06 line(s) on 02/25/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to CARL HUBER re: PROTOCOL DOCS Sorry you have to spend your long-distance money, but the answer is "I don't know". I've never seen WXMODEM myself. If I were to try to find Y and Zmodem docs, I'd try Compuserve, and Chuck Forsberg, "Mister Y/Zmodem" is there. Unfortunately I'm away from my machine now so I don't have my directlry of names etc. Chuck is on Portland Oregon if you want to (gasp) try a VOICE call to him. Msg 46104 is 04 line(s) on 02/25/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to TONY ANTONUCCI re: R/COMM ROUTINES Oh, that's interesting - watch carrier when in DOS ... that IS a problem, but mostly I type something "dumb" (like COPY CON...) that locks up the system and Randy has to restart it (heh). I'll see what else I find and keep you in mind for REMDOOR. Msg 46105 is 07 line(s) on 02/25/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to MICHAEL SHARTIAG re: R/CARPAL TUNNEL? Thanks. Do you know what the right height for a wrist rest is? It could be tendonitis (-itis = inflamation of), which I thought carpal tunnel was a specific variation of - but you're right, right now I can feel it nearly in my elbow - which is where I got "tennis elbow", but in my RIGHT arm, not left like this. Guess I really should quit screwing around and see a Dr. But I also need a lighter touch, more ergonomic keyboard. Msg 46106 is 02 line(s) on 02/25/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to DONNIE STUHLMAN re: R/HELLO FROM FLA. Heh. You used the "reply" command, but to a msg from me, not from "ed". Your msg 46098 was to me, but started "hello, Ed". Msg 46107 is 10 line(s) on 02/25/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to TRACI WEISTER re: CHAT? NOT! CBBS was done by two people - Randy Suess did the hardware, I did the software. It runs at Randy's house, 40 miles from my house. Since Randy has not taken an active interest in CBBS lately - because he's (seriously!) gone on to "bigger and better" things (like a dial-in Unix system), a chat would only be for HIM, and not for ME - and 99 of 100 chats were for ME, and I'm 40 miles away. SO, the help on "chat" does sound kind of discouraging, intentionally (grin). P.S. no, I haven't been on "PC addicts Conference". I don't know what that that is - I have WAY too many systems I call as it is - CBBS, Randy's chinet, Compuserve, BIX, America Online... Msg 46108 is 03 line(s) on 02/25/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to PAUL CAINKAR re: R/BBS FOR? Try the "B" command - the bulletin tells you what this BBS is for. What it is "about" is "history". This is the worlds first BBS. 15+ years old. Msg 46109 is 03 line(s) on 02/25/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to ALL re: DAT DRIVES? Anyone have any experience with 4mm dat drives? Like the Archive Python? I'm looking into one. I have 520M, and an old used 60M tape drive just makes it too much of a pain backing up! Msg 46110 is 09 line(s) on 02/27/93 from RUSSELL STEVENS to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: CBBS IN C Ward, I use an interrupt driven assembler comm routine that maintains a buffer of any size. You could call my routine and get a character back and a status code indicating if a framing error occurred or not. If the buffer were empty, the status code would indicate that no character was available. The wait function would be contained in the calling routine. If you're interested, you can get in touch with me through Roy Lipscomb. Talk to you later. R. >Function:?# Next caller 229016; next msg =46111; 382 active msgs. *=46111 (hi msg last call) #1=46091 #2=46092 #3=46093 #4=46094 #5=46095 #6=46096 #7=46097 #8=46098 #9=46099 >Function:?