Tim: >> 00 >> C4 >> C2 >> 19 >> C2 >> C4 >> 00 >> 00 Robert L Cochran: > I used to do the 8088 instruction set. Me too, and I've still got the glossy book about playing with the SDK-85. > I can't remember the above opcodes though. Me either, but these aren't op-codes. Just draw out the binary equivelent on a page, somewhere. Concentrate on the 1s. > These days, a real programmer is one who can adapt to the current > languages, learn them, and use them to his or her advantage. Manipulate > them so they serve the needs of today's project. Programming has one > common denominator -- you must use logic to program well. That's it... You have to be able to work out how to put your situation into programable conditions, or conditional language, if you like. Conditions that take into account all the variables, simulataneously. I sometimes wonder if those at Microsoft understood that. Yes, I would like to do more than two things at once on my computer, and do them successfully, too. -- (This box runs FC6, my others run FC4 & FC5, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.