I find that directly opening a floppy (unmounted) and reading it is very slow on my machine. I understand that this may be a known problem with FC2. Do later releases address this? If not, is there a fix in the works? Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} This message made from 100% recycled bits. You have found the bank of Larn. I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that!