I recently received a Communicator 3000 MPE/iX-Express 2 manual. The cover also refers to a Power Patch Tape C.50.02 and says based on General Release 5.0. This communicator is very small (about 25 pages) and in Chapter 4 it tells you about ordering a customized subsys tape, a customized subsys tape with SLT and FOS, or the powerpatch tape only. The way I read this communicator was that the subsys tape is for LaserRX and the MOVER utility. Since I was only interested in the powerpatch tape, I asked the engineer at the HP RC who I was working with on a related 5.0 software question and he said he is not aware of a 5.0 powerpatch tape. So... did anyone else receive this communicator? Is the subsys tape for Laser/RX and the MOVER utility only? Most importantly, is there a powerpatch tape for 5.0??? By the way, the problem I was working on was hanging dtc ports since going to 5.0... and yes, there is a beta patch available to fix this. Thanks. FROM: Wilson Wong Communications Technology Center 3860 159th Ave. N.E. Suite 150 Redmond, WA 98052 (206) 881-4444 [log in to unmask]